Nerve repair using a vein graft filled with collagen gel

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-272

  Choi, Byung Ho ^a,b   Zhu, Shi Jiang ^b   Kim, Sung Hoon ^c   Kim, Byung Yong ^b   Huh, Jin Houng ^d   Lee, Seoung Ho ^e   Jung, Jae Hyung ^b  

^a Wonju Severance Christian Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Dentistry   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^e Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Axon; Collagen gel; Peripheral nerve; Vein graft

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCAR FORMATION; VEIN GRAFT;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; PERONEAL NERVE; RABBITS;

EID: 19344372596     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-871754     Document Type: Article

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