Possibility of using nerve segments dissected from human cadavers for grafting: preliminary report.
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.
Fujimoto
Etsuko
E
Department of Basic Nursing, Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University, Ishikawa, Japan. fujimoto@ishikawa-nu.ac.jp
Ohshima
Chika
C
Okamoto
Keiko
K
Ide
Chizuka
C
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