Regeneration of peripheral motor nerve gaps with a polyglycolic acid-collagen tube: Technical case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Inada, Yuji ^a   Hosoi, Hiroshi ^b   Yamashita, Akinori ^b   Morimoto, Shigeru ^c   Tatsumi, Hideaki ^b   Notazawa, Shunsuke ^d   Kanemaru, Shin Ichi ^d   Nakamura, Tatsuo ^e  

^a Inada Hospital   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nara Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen; Facial nerve; Motor nerve; Nerve guide tube; Peripheral nerve; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; TUBE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349093698     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000303210.45983.97     Document Type: Article

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