[Preliminary study on nerve regeneration through an autologous venous tube].
Large posttraumatic defects in the peripheral nervous system bring up serious problems to the surgeon. There is no definitive answer yet. The authors present a model for nervous regeneration studies; venous autograft was used to bridge defects in a divided rat sciatic nerve; the venous tube guided the regenerating axons towards the distal stump over up to 1.9 cm length. Preliminary studies about nervous regeneration stimulation with autologous Schwann cells are discussed.
Pirenne
J
J
Université de Liège, Laboratoire de Chirurgie Expérimentale, Tour de Pathologie, Liège.
Degiovanni
G
G
Severyns
A M
AM
Simar
L
L
Lejeune
G
G
D000818:Animals; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation*
Etude préliminaire de la régénération nerveuse au travers d'un manchon veineux autologue.