Bridging peripheral nerve defects with muscle-vein combined guides

Neurological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-144

  Geuna, Stefano ^a   Tos, Pierluigi ^b   Battiston, Bruno ^b   Giacobini Robecchi, Maria G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design based quantitative morphology; Nerve regeneration; Sciatic nerve; Tubulization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN GRAFT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RABBITS; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE; TRANSPLANTS; VEINS;

EID: 1842555071     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164104225013752     Document Type: Article

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