Repair of peripheral nerve defect with direct gradual lengthening of the proximal nerve stump in rats

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2246-2253

  Saijilafu, ^a   Nishiura, Yasumasa ^a   Yamada, Yasutaka ^a   Hara, Yuki ^a   Ichimura, Harumitsu ^a   Yoshii, Yuichi ^a   Ochiai, Naoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gradual nerve lengthening; Nerve defect; Nerve regeneration; Nerve repair; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ENDONEURIUM; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 33845876356     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20280     Document Type: Article

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