Preparation and integration of human amnion nerve conduits using a light-activated technique

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 428-437

  O'Neill, Anne C ^a   Randolph, Mark A ^a   Bujold, Kenneth E ^a   Kochevar, Irene E ^a   Redmond, Robert W ^a   Winograd, Jonathan M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; HUMAN AMNION NERVE CONDUIT; TISSUE ADHESIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS LINKING; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMICAL TISSUE BONDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SUTURE; TISSUE REPAIR; WALKING;

AMNION; ANIMALS; AXONS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 69249132970     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181af010c     Document Type: Article

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