Hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis in the rabbits using laser welding

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 452-456

  Hwang, Kun ^a,b   Kim, Sun Goo ^a   Kim, Dae Joong ^b  

^a Department of Plastic Surgery ^*  (South Korea)

^b Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin; Lasers; Nerve regeneration; Nerve transfer

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER NERVE WELDING; MALE; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; RESUSCITATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; FACIAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; NEURONS; RABBITS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 55249117058     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31815f12a5     Document Type: Article

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