Nerve regeneration through side-to-side neurorrhaphy sites in a rat model: A new concept in peripheral nerve surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2092-2099

  Yüksel, Fuat ^a   Karacaoǧlu, Ercan ^a   Güler, M Mümtaz ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0345149050     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199912000-00022     Document Type: Article

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