title: [Preliminary study on nerve regeneration through an autologous venous tube].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Université de Liège, Laboratoire de Chirurgie Expérimentale, Tour de Pathologie, Liège.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pirenne
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Degiovanni
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Severyns
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Simar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lejeune
mesh_terms: 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*
vernacular_title: Etude préliminaire de la régénération nerveuse au travers d'un manchon veineux autologue.