Graft repair of a peripheral nerve without the sacrifice of a healthy donor nerve by the use of acutely dissociated autologous Schwann cells

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Nilsson, Anna ^a   Dahlin, Lars ^b   Lundborg, Göran ^b   Kanje, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nerve repair; Schwann cell; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; TUBE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGENERATION; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 14644425251     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310410017979     Document Type: Article

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