Effect of the rate of prestretching a peripheral nerve on regeneration potential after transection and repair

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 693-699

  Abe, Ichiro ^a   Tsujino, Akihito ^a   Hara, Yuki ^a   Ochiai, Naoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elongation; Fibrosis; Ischemia; Nerve injury; Nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; HISTOGRAM; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYELINATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RAT;

EID: 0142026474     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-003-0700-4     Document Type: Article

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