Silk fibroin conduits: A cellular and functional assessment of peripheral nerve repair

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-279

  Ghaznavi, Amir Mahan ^a   Kokai, Lauren E ^b   Lovett, Michael L ^c   Kaplan, David L ^c   Marra, Kacey G ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

inflammatory response; nerve guide; Silk fibroin

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; FIBROIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; EVALUATION; LEWIS RAT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NERVE REGENERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SILK; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND HEALING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBROINS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NERVE REGENERATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SILK; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79951772870     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181e6cff7     Document Type: Article

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