Effect of tension on nerve regeneration in rat sciatic nerve transection model

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 382-387

  Sunderland, Ian R P ^a   Brenner, Michael J ^a   Singham, Janakie ^a   Rickman, Susan R ^a   Hunter, Daniel A ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve regeneration; Nerve repair; Tension

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DENSITY; DEVICE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION; TENSOMETER; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 4644228576     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000125502.63302.47     Document Type: Article

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