Nerve graft prefabrication: Preliminary study

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-145

  Ulkur, Ersin ^a   Karagoz, Huseyin ^b   Celikoz, Bahattin ^a   Turan, Pinar ^c   Arbak, Serap ^c   Yapar, Mehmet ^d  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Maresal Cakmak Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Nerve graft; Prefabrication

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE MALFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; TIBIAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; GENE THERAPY; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERONEAL NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VEINS;

EID: 44349176040     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1076087     Document Type: Article

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