Motor nerve regeneration across a conduit

Microsurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-114

  Rosson, Gedge D ^a,b,d   Williams, Eric H ^a,b   Dellon, A Lee ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dellon Institute for Peripheral Nerve Surgery   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449183548     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20580     Document Type: Article

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