Biocompatibility of different nerve tubes

Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1480-1507

  Stang, Felix ^a   Keilhoff, Gerburg ^b   Fansa, Hisham ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c OWL University   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial nerve; Biocompatibility; Nerve repair; Nerve tube; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTIFICIAL NERVES; CLINICAL PROBLEMS; GOLD STANDARDS; NERVE GRAFTS; NERVE REPAIR; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

REPAIR; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

BIOCOMPATIBILITY;

EID: 79959398227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma2041480     Document Type: Review

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