Poly lactic acid-caprolactone copolymer tube with a denatured skeletal muscle segment inside as a guide for peripheral nerve regeneration: A morphological and electrophysiological evaluation of the regenerated nerves

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 156-161

  Mligiliche, Nurru L ^a,d   Tabata, Yasuhiko ^b   Kitada, Masaaki ^a   Endoh, Katsuaki ^a   Okamato, Keiko ^a   Fujimoto, Etsuko ^c   Ide, Chizuka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HYOGO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Biodegradable tube; Caprolactone copolymer; Denatured skeletal muscle; Grafting; Peripheral nerve regeneration; Poly L lactic acid

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; IMPLANTATION; MOTOR NERVE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TUBE;

EID: 0141786992     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-7722.2003.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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