A comparison of glue and a tube as an anastomotic agent to repair the divided buccal branch of the rat facial nerve.
The best anastomotic agent to join nerve ends is controversial. This paper describes a controlled trial between a collagen tube wrap and a tissue glue to anastomose the rat facial nerve. There was no difference in the results using photographic, histological and electrophysiological techniques.
Murray
J A
JA
Otolaryngology Unit, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK.
Willins
M
M
Mountain
R E
RE
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D003094:Collagen; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013536:Suture Techniques
D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive; D003094:Collagen