The turnover distal epineurial sheath tube for repair of peripheral nerve gaps

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 663-669

  Chatdokmaiprai, Chalermpong ^a   Suwansingh, Watin ^a   Worapongpaiboon, Surapon ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Nerve gap repair; Turnover distal epineurial sheath tube

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SHEATH; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TURNOVER TIME;

ANIMALS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33646796374     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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