Technical Use of Synthetic Conduits for Nerve Repair

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 838-841

  Agnew, Sonya P ^a   Dumanian, Gregory A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conduit; nerve graft; Nerve tube; review; technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NERVE ENDING; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SUTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNTHETIC NERVE CONDUIT REPAIR; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBE NERVE REPAIR;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77951623256     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.02.025     Document Type: Article

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