The use of autogenous vein for nerve grafting.
The use of autogenous femoral vein to graft a resected segment of sciatic nerve in 10 rats suggests that autogenous vein can serve as a satisfactory nerve graft conduit. Scar tissue within the vein or distal nerve was minimal.
D000818:Animals; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000166:cytology / Q000637:transplantation*; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D051381:Rats; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000166:cytology / Q000601:surgery*