A review of muscle transplantation in mammals.
Recent research in the field of mammalian muscle transplantation is reviewed with respect to the typical postoperative course of a free muscle graft. Several questions of clinical relevance are discussed, such as 1) whether or not predenervation of a muscle graft is necessary, 2) the issue of survival vs. regeneration of muscle fibres within the graft, and 3) whether or not a muscle must be grafted as an intact anatomical unit. In addition problems of neuromuscular relations are discussed.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D008722:Methods; D009121:Muscle Denervation; D009132:Muscles / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation / Q000637:transplantation* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051381:Rats; D012038:Regeneration; D012106:Research; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous