Modified end-to-side neurorrhaphy enhances axonal sprouting: A motor functional and morphological study

Orthopedics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 853-858

  Byung, Sung Kim ^a   Won, Sik Choy ^b   Moon, Sang Chung ^c   Goo, Hyun Baek ^c,d  

^a Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE SURGERY; NEURORRHAPHY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RISK FACTOR; SPROUTING; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 35649005003     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20071001-10     Document Type: Article

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