Functional, Electrophysiologic, and Morphometric Evaluation of Nerve Regeneration from Coaptation on Regenerated Nerve Fibers: Experimental Study in Rabbits

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-166

  Beer, Gertrude M ^a   Burg, Doris ^a   Zahnder, Adrian ^a   Seifert, Burkhardt ^b   Steurer, Marc ^a   Grimaldi, Hannes ^a   Meyer, Viktor E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coaptation on regenerated nerve fibers; Functional reinnervation; Intraoperative neurography; Nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRUSH TRAUMA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE MASS; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REFLEX;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERONEAL NERVE; RABBITS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 1342287195     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-820773     Document Type: Article

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