Comparison of functional results of nerve graft, vein graft, and vein filled with muscle graft in end-to-side neurorrhaphy

Microsurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-48

  Ülkür, Ersin ^a,d   Yüksel, Fuat ^b   A̧ikel, Cengiz ^b   Okar, Imer ^c   Çeliköz, Bahattin ^b  

^a Tekirdag   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Marmara Medical University   (Turkey)

^d Kardiyoloji Servisi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VEIN GRAFT;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERONEAL NERVE; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIBIAL NERVE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0345701494     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.10076     Document Type: Article

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