Biodegradable conduit small gap tubulization for peripheral nerve mutilation: A substitute for traditional epineurial neurorrhaphy

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-175

  Zhang, Peixun ^a   Han, Na ^a   Wang, Tianbing ^a   Xue, Feng ^a   Kou, Yuhui ^a   Wang, Yanhua ^a   Yin, Xiaofeng ^a   Lu, Laijin ^b   Tian, Guanglei ^c   Gong, Xu ^b   Chen, Shanlin ^c   Dang, Yu ^a   Peng, Jianping ^a   Jiang, Baoguo ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Beijing Jishuitan Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradable conduit; Epineurial neurorrhaphy; Peripheral nerve mutilation; Small gap; Tubulization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE CONDUIT SMALL GAP TUBULIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPINEURIAL NEURORRHAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RADIAL NERVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; ULNAR NERVE;

BIODEGRADABLE CONDUIT; EPINEURIAL NEURORRHAPHY; PERIPHERAL NERVE MUTILATION; SMALL GAP; TUBULIZATION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 84872123042     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.5312     Document Type: Article

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