Nerve regeneration through a healthy nerve trunk: A new and hopeful conduit for bridging nerve defects

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1697-1705

  Eren, Fikret ^a   Yuksel, Fuat ^a,b   Ulkur, Ersin ^a   Cavdar, Safiye ^a   Ercan, Feriha ^a   Celikoz, Bahattin ^a  

^a Plastik Cerrahi Servisi ^*

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CONDUIT; NERVE DEFECT; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE ROOT; NERVE SPROUTING; NERVE TRANSECTION; NERVE TRUNK; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE LABELING; TECHNIQUE; TIBIAL NERVE; WALKING TRACK ANALYSIS;

EID: 27744452683     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000186538.04622.7a     Document Type: Article

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