Ultrastructural evaluation of pulsed radiofrequency and conventional radiofrequency lesions in rat sciatic nerve

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 496-500

  Tun, Kagan ^a   Cemil, Berker ^a   Gurcay, Ahmet Gurhan ^a   Kaptanoglu, Erkan ^a   Sargon, Mustafa F ^b   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^c   Comert, Ayhan ^c   Kanpolat, Yucel ^c  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conventional; Pulsed; Radiofrequency; Sciatic nerve; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NERVE LESION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INJURY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 71049166809     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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