Peripheral nerve repair by means of a flexible biodegradable glass fibre wrap: A comparison with microsurgical epineurial repair

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1302-1308

  Jeans, L A ^a,b   Gilchrist, T ^a,c   Healy, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Giltech Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Controlled release glass wrap (CRG wrap); Entubulation; Epineurial repair; Peripheral nerve repair; Sheep

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; GLASS FIBER; POLYGLACTIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROSURGERY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE MASS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SHEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36048942757     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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