Management of pheripheral nerve defects: External fixator-assisted primary neurorrhaphy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1405-1413

  Ruch, David S ^a   Deal, D Nicole ^a   Ma, Jianjun ^a   Smith, Adam M ^a   Castle, Jason A ^a   Walker, Francis O ^a   Martin, Eileen V ^a   Yoder, Jonathan S ^a   Rushing, Julia T ^a   Smith, Thomas L ^a   Koman, L Andrew ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TENSION; ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RABBITS;

EID: 3042701764     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200407000-00007     Document Type: Article

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