title: Possibility of using nerve segments dissected from human cadavers for grafting: preliminary report.
abstract: An intercostal nerve obtained from a human cadaver 6 h post-mortem was transplanted into the rat sciatic nerve and nerve regeneration was observed 4 and 8 weeks after surgery. Sciatic nerves from deceased rats up to 2 days post-mortem were also transplanted for comparison. Good nerve regeneration was observed through the human cadaver-derived graft to the distal segment at the medial plantal nerve 8 weeks after surgery. The results of the present study indicate the possibility that nerves from human cadavers can be used for nerve grafting in clinical applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic Nursing, Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University, Ishikawa, Japan. fujimoto@ishikawa-nu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Etsuko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Chika
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ohshima
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Chizuka
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ide
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D007367:Intercostal Nerves / Q000637:transplantation; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000637:transplantation*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000637:transplantation; D013997:Time Factors; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous