Reconstruction of a 4-cm Human Median Nerve Gap by Including an Autogenous Nerve Slice in a Bioabsorbable Nerve Conduit: Case Report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-315

  Hung, Virginia ^a   Dellon, A Lee ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduit; nerve; nerve growth factor; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SCHWANN CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 40649105240     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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