Reduction of neural adhesions by biodegradable autocrosslinked hyaluronic acid gel after injury of peripheral nerves: An experimental study

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 648-652

  Smit, Xander ^a   Van Neck, Johan W ^b   Afoke, Andrew ^b   Hovius, Steven E R ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adhesion; Hyaluronic acid; Peak force; Peripheral nerve; Rat

Indexed keywords

HYALOGLIDE; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FORCE; GEL; NERVE ADHESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; WISTAR RAT;

ADHESIONS; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HYALURONIC ACID; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 7944232422     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.4.0648     Document Type: Article

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