title: Functional recovery following direct or graft repair of nerve gaps in the rat.
abstract: The tibial functional index has been employed to assess functional recovery in rats following nerve repair by direct coaptation under tension or by grafting. Recovery after direct repair of small to moderate gap sizes was better than that after grafting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Leicester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation; D051381:Rats