Contralateral L-6 nerve root transfer to repair lumbosacral plexus root avulsion: Experimental study in rhesus monkeys Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 714-719

  Lin, Haodong ^a   Chen, Aimin ^a   Hou, Chunlin ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lumbosacral plexus; Nerve roots; Nerve transfer; Peripheral nerve; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE ROOT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; BUTTOCKS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; LOWER EXTREMITY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TRANSFER; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 84884373826     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.5.JNS121218     Document Type: Article

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