A free vein graft cap influences neuroma formation after nerve transection

Microsurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 568-572

  Galeano, Mariarosaria ^a   Manasseri, Benedetto ^a   Risitano, Giovanni ^a,c   Geuna, Stefano ^b   Di Scipio, Federica ^b   La Rosa, Paola ^b   Delia, Gabriele ^a   D'Alcontres, Francesco Stagno ^a   Colonna, Michele R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL VEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROMA; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; VEIN GRAFT;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL VEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSURGERY; NEUROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 70349917986     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20652     Document Type: Article

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