Functional recovery in a tendon autograft used to bridge a peripheral nerve defect

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 2-8

  Brandt, Jerker ^a   Dahlin, Lars B ^a   Kanje, Martin ^a   Lundborg, Göran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Functional recovery; Morphometry; Muscle graft; Nerve regeneration; Nerve repair; Sciatic nerve; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREEZING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE GRAFT; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE MALFORMATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TENDON GRAFT; THAWING; TIBIAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FREEZING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0036198316     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028443102753478309     Document Type: Article

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