Vascularized versus nonvascularized island median nerve grafts in the facial nerve regeneration and functional recovery of rats for facial nerve reconstruction study

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 127-136

  Matsumine, Hajime ^a   Sasaki, Ryo ^a   Takeuchi, Yuichi ^a   Miyata, Mariko ^a,b   Yamato, Masayuki ^a   Okano, Teruo ^a   Sakurai, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

buccal branch; facial nerve; median nerve; rat; vascularized nerve transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FASCIA; MEDIAN NERVE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOUTH MUCOSA; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84895077474     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1357500     Document Type: Article

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