Functional nerve recovery after bridging a 15 mm gap in rat sciatic nerve with a biodegradable nerve guide

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 258-265

  Meek, M F ^a   Van Der Werff, J F A ^a   Klok, F ^b   Robinson, P H ^a   Nicolai, J P A ^a   Gramsbergen, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrostimulation; Functional nerve recovery; Nerve guide; Nerve reconstruction; Video recording; Walking track analysis

Indexed keywords

POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL NERVE RECOVERY; GAIT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GUIDE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PROSTHESIS; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAIT; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; POLYESTERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; WALKING;

EID: 0242298795     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310310019464     Document Type: Article

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