EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON OF MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY AFTER 3 METHODS OF REINNERVATION

Authors
CHENG NX LI XX HUANG AY
Citation
Nx. Cheng et al., EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON OF MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY AFTER 3 METHODS OF REINNERVATION, Annals of plastic surgery, 33(2), 1994, pp. 166-169
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annals of plastic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
01487043
Volume
33
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
166 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-7043(1994)33:2<166:ECOMCA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A comparative study of three methods of muscle reinnervation in rabbit s is presented. Nerve suture, nerve implantation, and a combination of the two methods all achieved functional recovery of microvascular mus cle transplants. Contractility was nearly normal in all groups, althou gh nerve implantation alone was less effective than those methods usin g nerve suture. Reasons for the difference and clinical implications a re discussed.