Regeneration of peripheral nerve gaps with a polyglycolic acid-collagen tube

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 640-646

  Inada, Yuji ^a   Morimoto, Shigeru ^b   Takakura, Yoshinori ^c   Nakamura, Tatsou ^d  

^a Inada Hospital   (Japan)

^b Nara Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

^c NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymer; Collagen; Nerve regeneration; Nerve tube; Peripheral nerve injury

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMA; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COLLAGEN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERONEAL NERVE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THUMB;

EID: 4444317040     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000134388.86603.11     Document Type: Article

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