Early Clinical Experience With Collagen Nerve Tubes in Digital Nerve Repair

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1081-1087

  Bushnell, Brandon D ^a   McWilliams, Andrew D ^a   Whitener, George B ^a   Messer, Terry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

collagen nerve guide; Collagen nerve tube; digital nerve repair; nerve entubulation; nerve graft

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50249110726     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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