Comparison of regeneration results of prefabricated nerve graft, autogenous nerve graft, and vein graft in repair of nerve defects

Microsurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-143

  Karagoz, Huseyin ^a,e   Ulkur, Ersin ^b   Uygur, Fatih ^b   Senol, Mehmet Guney ^b   Yapar, Mehmet ^c   Turan, Pinar ^d   Celikoz, Bahattin ^b  

^a Maresal Cakmak Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Department of Urology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; KANAMYCIN KINASE; PLASMID DNA; VASCULOTROPIN 165;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GENE THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIBIAL NERVE; VEIN GRAFT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENE THERAPY; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERONEAL NERVE; PLASMIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VEINS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 61449195694     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20586     Document Type: Article

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