Histologic and Electrophysiological Study of Nerve Regeneration Using a Polyglycolic Acid-collagen Nerve Conduit Filled With Collagen Sponge in Canine Model

Urology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 958-963

  Suzuki, Kei ^a   Kawauchi, Akihiro ^a   Nakamura, Tatsuo ^b   Itoi, Shin ichi ^b   Ito, Tadao ^a   So, Jintetu ^a   Ukimura, Osamu ^a   Hagiwara, Akeo ^a   Yamagishi, Hisakazu ^a   Miki, Tsuneharu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN SPONGE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

EID: 70349467757     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.02.057     Document Type: Article

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