Enhancement of nerve regeneration and orientation across a gap with a nerve graft within a vein conduit graft: A functional, stereological, and electrophysiological study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1372-1379

  Keskin, Mustafa ^a,b   Akbaş, Hayad ^a,b   Uysal, O Ata ^a,b   Canan, Sinan ^a,b   Ayyildiz, Mustafa ^a,b   Aǧar, Erdal ^a,b   Kaplan, Süleyman ^a,b  

^a Ondokuz Mayis University ^*  (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOMETRY; VEIN CONDUIT GRAFT; VEIN GRAFT; ANIMAL; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; VEIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VEINS;

EID: 2342597718     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000111596.61137.A1     Document Type: Article

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