Prevention and treatment of painful neuromas of the superficial radial nerve by the end-to-side nerve repair concept: An experimental study and preliminary clinical experience

Microsurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 99-104

  Al Qattan, Mohammad M ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RADIAL NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0034017661     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(2000)20:3<99::AID-MICR1>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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