Study of tibial nerve regeneration in Wistar rats in primary neurorrhaphy with and without gap, wrapped in vein segments

Acta Ortopedica Brasileira

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-169

  dos Santos, Ewerton Bastos ^a   Fernandes, Marcela ^a   dos Santos, João Baptista Gomes ^a   Leite, Vilnei Mattioli ^a   Valente, Sandra Gomes ^a   Faloppa, Flávio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fluorescent dyes; Nerve regeneration; Suture techniques; Tibial nerve; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865297384     PISSN: 14137852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-78522012000300006     Document Type: Article

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