Surgical therapy of peripheral nerve lesions: Current status and new perspectives

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 101-110

  Dornseifer, U ^a   Matiasek, K ^b   Fichter, M A ^c   Rupp, A ^b   Henke, J ^c   Weidner, N ^d   Kovacs, L ^c   Schmahl, W ^b   Biemer, E ^c   Ninkovic, M ^a   Papadopulos, N A ^c  

^a Munich Municipal Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nerve conduits; Nerve graft; Nerve healing; Nerve reconstruction; Nerve regeneration; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

AUTOGRAFT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; REVIEW; SUTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE; NEURONS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34548681875     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-984453     Document Type: Review

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