An experimental comparison of the effects of propolis, curcumin, and methylprednisolone on crush injuries of the sciatic nerve

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 684-692

  Yüce, Serdar ^a   Cemal Gökçe, Emre ^b   Işkdemir, Ahmet ^b   Koç, Emine Rabia ^c   Cemil, Duran Berker ^b   Gökçe, Aysun ^d   Sargon, Mustafa F ^e  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TURGUT OZAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^e HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

crush injury of nerve; curcumin; methylprednisolone; propolis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CURCUMIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROPOLIS;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; INJURIES; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; WISTAR RAT; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CURCUMIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PROPOLIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84929948428     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000000026     Document Type: Article

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