title: Progress of peripheral nerve repair.
abstract: Study on repair of peripheral nerve injury has been proceeding over a long period of time. With the use of microsurgery technique since 1960s  the quality of nerve repair has been greatly improved. In the past 40 years, with the continuous increase of surgical repair methods, more progress has been made on the basic research of peripheral nerve repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. zwchen@zshospital.com
authors.forename: Zhengrong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000601:surgery*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D020127:Recovery of Function; D016896:Treatment Outcome