Nerve repair: Experimental and clinical evaluation of biodegradable artificial nerve guides

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 30-36

  Johnson, Elizabeth O ^a   Soucacos, Panayotis N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Axon; Conduits; Degeneration; IGF I; Myelin; Peripheral nerve; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE ARTIFICIAL NERVE GUIDE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIODEGRADATION; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; REVIEW; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 65849107463     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

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