Effects of Metal Fragments on Nerve Healing in Extremity Injuries Using a Rat Peroneal Nerve Model

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 278-283

  Seery, Jason M ^a   Valosen, John M ^a   Phillips Jr , John H ^a   Slade, Dirk L ^a   Seery, Andrea B ^a   Parham, Mary A ^a   Chasen, Arthur B ^a   Cutting, Paul J ^a   Pizarro, Jose M ^a  

^a EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIMB INJURY; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WOUND HEALING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; MALE; METALS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERONEAL NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 67650744230     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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