Evaluation of two biodegradable nerve guides for the reconstruction of the rat sciatic nerve

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-52

  Luis, Ana L ^a   Rodrigues, Jorge M ^a   Lobato, José V ^a,d   Lopes, Maria A ^a   Amado, Sandra ^b   Veloso, António P ^b   Armada Da Silva, Paulo A S ^b   Raimondo, Stefania ^c   Geuna, Stefano ^c   Ferreira, António J ^d   Varejão, Artur S P ^e   Santos, José D ^a   Maurício, Ana C ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d CENTRO HOSPITALAR DE VILA NOVA DE GAIA ESPINHO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^f Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Caprolactone; Nerve entubulation; PLGA; Rat; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

CAPROLACTONE; NERVE ENTUBULATION; PLGA MATERIAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; POLYESTERS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

COPOLYMER; POLY(DEXTRO LEVO LACTIDE EPSILON CAPROLACTONE); POLYGLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTION TEST; HEALING; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM; TUBE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE REGENERATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYESTERS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE;

RATTUS;

EID: 33947520066     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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