The effect of wrapping scarred nerves with autogenous vein graft to treat recurrent chronic nerve compression

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-103

  Xu, Jianming ^a   Varitimidis, Sokratis E ^a   Fisher, Kenneth J ^a   Tomaino, Matthew M ^a   Sotereanos, Dean G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Kaufmann Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Chronic nerve compression; Vein graft; Vein wrapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0033973751     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2000.jhsu025a0093     Document Type: Article

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