Nerve conduits for nerve repair or reconstruction

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 63-68

  Deal, D Nicole ^a   Griffin, Justin W ^a   Hogan, MacAlus V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CAPROLACTONE; COLLAGEN; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; HEXANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; LACTONES; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84857933514     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/JAAOS-20-02-063     Document Type: Article

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