Repair of peripheral nerve defect by direct gradual lengthening of the distal nerve stump in rats: Effect on nerve regeneration

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 305-311

  Yamada, Yasutaka ^a   Nishiura, Yasumasa ^a   Saijilafu, ^a   Hara, Yuki ^a   Ichimura, Harumitsu ^a   Yoshii, Yuichi ^a   Ochiai, Naoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distraction; Lengthening; Peripheral nerve; Schwann cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ELONGATION; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE EXPANSION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY;

EID: 72649087733     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310903052602     Document Type: Article

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