Simultaneous end-to-side coaptations of two severed nerves to a single healthy nerve in rats

Ozbek S., Kurt M.

JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE, vol.4, no.1, pp.43-50, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 4 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.1.43
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.43-50
  • Keywords: end-to-side coaptation, nerve repair, rat, TERMINOLATERAL NEURORRHAPHY, PERIPHERAL-NERVE, AXONAL REGENERATION, NEURAL REGENERATION, GROWTH-FACTOR, TIBIAL NERVE, LONG-TERM, MOTOR, REINNERVATION, MODEL
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Object. This experimental study Was designed to evaluate functional and sensory outcomes and morphological features observed after simultaneous end-to-side coaptations of distal stumps of two nerves to a single neighboring nerve. Studies were performed Ming both parallel and end-to-side coaptation (PEC) and serial end-to-side coaptation (SEC) methods in it rat model.