Management of nerve gaps: Autografts, allografts, nerve transfers, and end-to-side neurorrhaphy

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-85

  Ray, Wilson Z ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Nerve graft; Regeneration; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TACROLIMUS; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ALLOGRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; END TO SIDE NEURORRHAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVE TRANSFER; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77950864710     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.03.031     Document Type: Review

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