Overcoming peripheral nerve gap defects using an intact nerve bridge in a rabbit model

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-206

  McCallister, Wren V ^a   McCallister, Erika L ^a   Trumble, Stacey A ^a   Trumble, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap defect; Intact nerve bridge; Peripheral nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERONEAL NERVE; RABBITS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 17644366774     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-869827     Document Type: Article

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