Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 1 , Pages 1-12 , January 2007

End-to-side nerve coaptation: a qualitative and quantitative assessment in the primate

  • E.J. Kelly

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
    • Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
    • Blond McIndoe Laboratories, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
    • Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
    • Department of Plastic Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, South Manchester University Hospitals, Manchester, UK
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  • C. Jacoby

      Affiliations

    • Blond McIndoe Laboratories, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • G. Terenghi

      Affiliations

    • Blond McIndoe Laboratories, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • U. Mennen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hand and Microsurgery, Medical University of Southern Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
    • ,
  • C. Ljungberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
    • Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
    • ,
  • M. Wiberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
    • Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
    • Blond McIndoe Laboratories, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
    • Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital, S-90185 Umeå, Sweden. Tel.: +46 90 7852672; fax: +46 90 139765.

Received 13 July 2004 ,Accepted 9 December 2005.

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PII: S1748-6815(06)00356-1

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.12.059

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 1 , Pages 1-12 , January 2007

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