Chemical denervation with botulinum neurotoxin a improves the surgical manipulation of the muscletendon unit: An experimental study in an animal model

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 222-231

  Mannava, Sandeep ^a   Callahan, Michael F ^a   Trach, Simon M ^a   Wiggins, Walter F ^a   Smith, Beth P ^a   Koman, L Andrew ^a   Smith, Thomas L ^a   Tuohy, Christopher J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT A); chemical denervation; skeletal muscle; tendon repair surgery

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; NEUROTOXIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON SURGERY;

ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDONS;

EID: 79251568980     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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