Bioartificial nerve graft for bridging extended nerve defects in rat sciatic nerve based on resorbable guiding filaments

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-108

  Arai, Takeru ^a   Lundborg, Göran ^b   Dahlin, Lars B ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Axonal growth; Biomaterial; Nerve graft; Nerve regeneration; Resorbable filaments; Silicone chamber

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; POLYAMIDE; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLACTIN; SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATGUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MACROPHAGE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REFLEX; SCIATIC NERVE; SILASTIC TUBE; SUTURE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0033915598     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310050159936     Document Type: Article

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