Distraction osteogenesis using IGF-I after nerve microreconstruction

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 401-410

  Papakonstantinou, Konstantinos C ^a   Shiamishis, George ^a   Bates, Michael ^a   Terzis, Julia K ^a  

^a Microsurgical Research Center Norfolk   (United States)

Author keywords

Distraction osteogenesis; IGF I; Limb lengthening

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMUR; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GAIT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036071390     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-33024     Document Type: Article

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