The role of creating a biological membrane in expediting nerve regeneration

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-134

  Ozalp, Tackin ^b,c   Masquelet, Alain Charles ^a  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bioprosthesis; Forearm innervation; Median nerve; Microstrategy; Nerve regeneration; Prosthesis implantation methods; Rats; Silicones

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CONVALESCENCE; FORELIMB; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEMBRANE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; FORELIMB; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEMBRANES; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 58749103681     PISSN: 1017995X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3944/AOTT.2008.42.2.130     Document Type: Article

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