The role of nerve allografts and conduits for nerve injuries

Hand Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 435-446

  Rivlin, Michael ^a   Sheikh, Emran ^a   Isaac, Roman ^b   Beredjiklian, Pedro K ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Conduit; Nerve gap; Nerve graft; Nerve injury; Nerve repair

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TACROLIMUS;

ALLOGRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; DONOR SITE; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HAND; HUMANS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77955507139     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2010.04.010     Document Type: Review

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