Bipolar electrocautery: A rodent model of sunderland third-degree nerve injury

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-47

  Moradzadeh, Arash ^a   Brenner, Michael J ^a,c,d   Whitloch, Elizabeth L ^b   Tong, Alice Y ^b   Luciano, Janina P ^b   Hunter, Daniel A ^b   Myckatyn, Terence M ^b   Machinnon, Susan E ^b  

^a Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery ^*

^b Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d School of Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY; LEWIS RAT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PLASTIC SURGERY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; MALE; MICE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 76749128880     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfacial.2009.104     Document Type: Article

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