New fibrin conduit for peripheral nerve repair

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-33

  Kalbermatten, Daniel F ^a,b   Pettersson, Jonas ^b   Kingham, Paul J ^c   Pierer, Gerhard ^a   Wiberg, Mikael ^b   Terenghi, Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibrin glue; Nerve gap; Peripheral nerve regeneration; Tisseel

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN CONDUIT; FIBRIN GLUE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPUTATION STUMP; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 58149384028     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1090619     Document Type: Article

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