Carbon dioxide laser-assisted nerve repair: Effect of solder and suture material on nerve regeneration in rat sciatic nerve

Microsurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-116

  Menovsky, Tomas ^a   Beek, Johan F ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND HEALING;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NYLONS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; STAINLESS STEEL; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037610894     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.10100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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