Diverse types of epineural conduits for bridging short nerve defects. An experimental study in the rabbit

Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-104

  Ignatiadis, Ioannis A ^a   Yiannakopoulos, Christos K ^a   Barbitsioti, Antonia D ^a   Avram, Adrian M ^a   Patralexis, Haralambos G ^b   Tsolakis, Charilaos K ^b   Papalois, Apostolos E ^b   Xenakis, Theodoros H ^c   Beris, Alexandros E ^c   Soucacos, Panayiotis N ^d  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ELPEN Pharmaceuticals   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPINEURAL FLAP CONDUIT; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE MALFORMATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; RABBITS; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 33947172373     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20313     Document Type: Article

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