Autogenous Grafts/Allografts/Conduits for Bridging Peripheral Trigeminal Nerve Gaps

Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-107

  Wolford, Larry M ^a,b   Rodrigues, Daniel B ^b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Private Practice   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; LACTIDE CAPROLACTONE COPOLYMER; LACTIDE-CAPROLACTONE COPOLYMER; POLYESTER; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

AGE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANASTOMOSIS; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CHEMISTRY; EXTERNAL EAR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LINGUAL NERVE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; ORBIT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SURAL NERVE; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VEIN;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; AGE FACTORS; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LINGUAL NERVE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBIT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYESTERS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURAL NERVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VEINS;

EID: 79251484975     PISSN: 10613315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cxom.2010.11.008     Document Type: Review

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