The Use of Autogenous Vein for Nerve Grafting
- 1 August 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery
- Vol. 92 (4) , 410-412
- https://doi.org/10.1177/019459988409200407
Abstract
The use of autogenous femoral vein to graft a resected segment of sciatic nerve in 10 rats suggests that autogenous vein can serve as a satisfactory nerve graft conduit. Scar tissue within the vein or distal nerve was minimal.Keywords
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