Morphologic and functional study of rat median nerve repair by terminolateral neurorrhaphy of the ulnar nerve

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 257-264

  Papalia, Igor ^a,b   Geuna, Stefano ^c   LuigiTos, Pier ^d   Boux, Elena ^d   Battiston, Bruno ^d   D'Alcontres, Francesco Stagno ^b  

^a Università di Messina ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

End to side neurorrhaphy; Functional recovery; Grasping test; Morphology; Nerve repair

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND GRIP; JOINT FUNCTION; MEDIAN NERVE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SUTURE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TERMINOLATERAL NEURORRHAPHY; ULNAR NERVE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; FEMALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0037643577     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40582     Document Type: Article

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