An in vivo engineered nerve conduit-fabrication and experimental study in rats

Microsurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 395-400

  Penna, Vincenzo ^a   Munder, Beatrix ^b   Stark, G Bjoern ^a   Lang, Eva M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

^c Evang Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOGENIC CONDUIT; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MYELINATION; NERVE CONDUIT; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GAP BRIDGING; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOENGINEERING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 79960186941     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20894     Document Type: Article

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