Allografting combined with systemic FK506 produces greater functional recovery than conduit implantation in a rat model of sciatic nerve injury

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-129

  Rustemeyer, Jan ^a,b   Dicke, Ursula ^b  

^a Medical Center Clinic   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allograft nerve transplantation; FK506; Nerve conduit; Nerve regeneration; Sciatic nerve repair

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; TACROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 76249112067     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243297     Document Type: Article

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