The effect of irradiation on nerve regeneration.
Nerve grafts were performed on rat sciatic nerves at varying intervals after the graft bed had been irradiated. The functional repair was assessed electrophysiologically. Five groups of animals were used with the pre-operative interval varying from 1 to 8 weeks. No difference was found in the success of the nerve graft in any group.
D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000528:radiation effects; D008297:Male; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000528:radiation effects*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000637:transplantation*; D013997:Time Factors