The influence of nerve conduits diameter in motor nerve recovery after segmental nerve repair

Microsurgery

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 646-652

  Giusti, Guilherme ^a   Shin, Richard H ^a   Lee, Joo Yup ^a   Mattar, Tiago G ^a   Bishop, Allen T ^a   Shin, Alexander Y ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; HYDRATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; HINDLIMB; INJURIES; LEWIS RAT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURGERY; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HINDLIMB; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 84907807367     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.22312     Document Type: Article

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