The role of a barrier between two nerve fascicles in adjacency after transection and repair of a peripheral nerve trunk

Neurological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 363-370

  Lutz, Barbara S ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aberrant reinnervation; Fascia; Fat flap; Integra; Nerve

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIA; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RAT; SCAR; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; AXONS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; PERONEAL NERVE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942532184     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164104225013725     Document Type: Article

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