Simultaneous end-to-side coaptations of two severed nerves to a single healthy nerve in rats

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-50

  Özbek, Serhat ^a,b   Kurt, M Ayberk ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Plastik ve Rekonstrüktif Cerrahi AD ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

End to side coaptation; Nerve repair; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERONEUS NERVE; RAT; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIAL NERVE; ANIMAL; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644925568     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.1.43     Document Type: Article

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