Roles of reinforced nerve conduits and low-level laser phototherapy for long gap peripheral nerve repair
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Nerve conduits for nerve repair or reconstruction.
Advances in treating peripheral nerve lesions have resulted from research in nerve regeneration and the use biomaterials as well as synthetic materials. When direct tensionless repair of peripheral nerve lesions is not possible, nerve conduits may be used to bridge digital sensory nerve gaps of ≤3 cm. Nerve autograft is the benchmark for larger, longer, mixed, or motor nerve defects. Biologic, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neural Regeneration Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1673-5374
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.135323