TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship of intraneural damage in the rat sciatic nerve to mechanism of injury
AU - Zachary, L. S.
AU - Dellon, A. L.
AU - Seiler IV, W. A.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - The degree of nerve injury is difficult to determine and varies according to the mechanism of injury. Experimental nerve avulsion, cut, crush, and saw injuries were produced in male Sprague-Dawley rats. The extent of nerve damage was assessed histologically and by intraoperative observations on days 1, 8, and 21 post-injury. Nerve avulsions produced the most severe injury, followed by saw, crush, and cut mechanisms of injury. The intraoperative observations on day 1 were not predictors of the degree of injury at day 21. Avulsion injuries are most suitably treated secondarily by a nerve reconstruction technique, not by a primary repair.
AB - The degree of nerve injury is difficult to determine and varies according to the mechanism of injury. Experimental nerve avulsion, cut, crush, and saw injuries were produced in male Sprague-Dawley rats. The extent of nerve damage was assessed histologically and by intraoperative observations on days 1, 8, and 21 post-injury. Nerve avulsions produced the most severe injury, followed by saw, crush, and cut mechanisms of injury. The intraoperative observations on day 1 were not predictors of the degree of injury at day 21. Avulsion injuries are most suitably treated secondarily by a nerve reconstruction technique, not by a primary repair.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0024370035&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0024370035&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1055/s-2007-1006861
DO - 10.1055/s-2007-1006861
M3 - Article
C2 - 2724225
AN - SCOPUS:0024370035
SN - 0743-684X
VL - 5
SP - 137
EP - 140
JO - Journal of reconstructive microsurgery
JF - Journal of reconstructive microsurgery
IS - 2
ER -