Electrophysiologic assessment of regeneration in rat sciatic nerve repair using suture, fibrin glue or a combination of both techniques

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 63, Issue 3 A, 2005, Pages 601-604

  Martins, Roberta Sergio ^a,c   Siqueira, Mario Gilberto ^a   Da Silva, Ciro Ferreira ^a   De Godoy, Benedito Ortiz ^b   Pereira Plese, José Píndaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^c Universidade do Vale da Paraíba ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fibrin glue; Nerve regeneration; Sciatic rat nerve; Suture

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REOPERATION; SCIATIC NERVE; SUTURE;

EID: 24144493665     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2005000400009     Document Type: Article

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