A novel microsurgical nerve implantation technique preserving outer nerve layers

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-209

  Hajosch, Reiner ^a   Grupp, Larissa ^a   Nichterwitz, Susanne ^a   Schlosshauer, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomaterial; Epineurium; Implantation; Polymer filaments; Schwann cells; Sciatic nerve; Surgery; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; BIOMATERIAL; POLYMER; GEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE TUBE IMPLANT; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; EVALUATION STUDY; GEL; LEWIS RAT; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TRANSPLANTATION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FEMALE; GELS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SCHWANN CELLS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 77953131066     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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