Enhancement of peripheral nerve regeneration using bioabsorbable polymer tubes packed with fibrin gel

Artificial Organs

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 500-508

  Nakayama, Kazuya ^a   Takakuda, Kazuo ^a   Koyama, Yoshihisa ^a   Itoh, Soichiro ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Mukai, Tomokazu ^b   Shirahama, Noriaki ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kawasumi Laboratories Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial nerve conduit; Bellows tube; Bioabsorbable polymer; Fibrin gel; Peripheral nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ARTIFICIAL NERVE CONDUIT; BELLOWS TUBE; BIOABSORBABLE POLYMER; FIBRIN GELS; NERVE CONDUITS; PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION; POLYMER MEMBRANE; POLYMER TUBES; TUBE SHAPE; TUBE-PACKED;

BELLOWS;

BIOPOLYMER; FIBRIN; FIBRIN GEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TUBE;

RATTUS;

EID: 34250714868     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2007.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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