Experimental and clinical employment of end-to-side coaptation: Our experience

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 108, 2011, Pages 241-245

  Tos, P ^a   Geuna, S ^b   Papalia, I ^c   Conforti, L G ^a   Artiaco, S ^a   Battiston, B ^a  

^a CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; Functional recovery; Peripheral nerve reconstruction; Termino lateral suture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; END TO SIDE COAPTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; STEREOLOGY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD; WISTAR RAT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952277684     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: 00016268     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-99370-5_37     Document Type: Article

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