Regeneration of peripheral nerve through a polyglactin tube
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Muscle & Nerve
- Vol. 5 (1), 54-57
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.880050110
Abstract
Polyglactin 910, a resorbable synthetic material, was used as a mesh‐tube to bridge defects (7 to 9 mm in length) in sectioned rabbit tibial nerve. After absorption of the mesh a new nerve sheath was formed which enclosed numerous minute fascicles of regenerating axons. The polyglactin tube influenced the direction taken by the regenerating axons and guided them into the distal segment. The tube also reduced the formation of neuromas and the growth of scar tissue from surrounding structures.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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