Comparison of Blood Flow in Free Vascularized Versus Nonvascularized Nerve Grafts
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
- Vol. 1 (02) , 95-101
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-1007060
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to compare blood flow between conventional nerve grafts and surgically revascularized grafts. Paired comparisons of blood flow data between a 10 cm segment of vascularized nerve graft and a 10 cm segment of conventional nerve graft in a canine model established that blood flow in the nonvascularized grafts was significantly greater (p<0.001) than that in the paired vascularized grafts. The rationale for difficult and time-consuming vascularized nerve grafting procedures may therefore not be warranted.Keywords
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