Sural nerve harvesting beyond the popliteal region allows a significant gain of donor nerve graft length

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 798-805

  Riedl, Otto ^a   Koemuercue, Fercan ^a   Marker, Martina ^a   Hoch, Daniela ^a   Haas, Michael ^a   Deutinger, Maria ^a  

^a Pfarrplatz 4 ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; DISSECTION; DONOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE ROOT; NEUROLYSIS; PERONEUS NERVE; POPLITEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SURAL NERVE; TIBIA; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; SKIN; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSPLANTATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 52049097821     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318180ed75     Document Type: Article

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