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Main description:
All over the world research is going on to improve the outcome of the treatment of peripheral nerve lesions. Yet, there exist many questions, such as: Is the autologeous nerve grafting still the golden standard in bridging defects? Have alternative techniques to overcome defects reached a level to replace autografting? What can be expected from end to side coaptation? The contributions in this book give answers to all of these questions.
Contents:
Surgery on the nerve.- The potential of electrical stimulation to promote functional recovery after peripheral nerve injury - comparisons between rats and humans.- Surgical technique for the treatment of C5 and C6 root avulsion.- Lumbosacral plexus lesions.- Microsurgical management of penetrating peripheral nerve injuries: pre, intra-and postoperative analysis and results.- An evaluation using techniques to assess muscle and nerve regeneration of a flexible glass wrap in the repair of peripheral nerves.- Analysis of the dose-response of N-acetylcysteine in the prevention of sensory neuronal loss after peripheral nerve injury.- Did the partial contralateral C7-transfer fulfil our expectations? Results after 5 year experience.- Bridging defects: autologous nerve grafts.- The allogenic nerve graft.- Alternative techniques for peripheral nerve repair: conduits and end-to-side neurorrhaphy.- The beneficial effect of genetically engineered Schwann cells with enhanced motility in peripheral nerve regeneration: review.- Schwann cells, acutely dissociated from a predegenerated nerve trunk, can be applied into a matrix used to bridge nerve defects in rats.- Comparative neuro tissue engineering using different nerve guide implants.- The "bioartificial living nerve graft"..- Nerve regeneration using tubular scaffolds from biodegradable Polyurethane.- A new technique of autogenous conduits for bridging short nerve defects. An experimental study in the rabbit.- End-to-side nerve neurorrhaphy: critical appraisal of experimental and clinical data.- Ingrowth of sensory axons into an end-to-side coapted nerve stump after donor nerve crush in the rat.- Which myelinated sensory axons sprout into an end-to-side coapted peripheral nerve in the rat?.- Functional recovery and mechanisms in end-to-side nerve repair in rats.- Synergistic terminal motor end-to-side nerve graft repair: investigation in a non-human primate model.- End-to-side coaptation - controversial research issue or important tool in human patients.- Cerebral plasticity.- Cortical reintegration of a replanted hand and an osseointegrated thumb prosthesis.- Cortical motor activation patterns following hand transplantation and replantation.- Coordinated function oriented movements after multiple root avulsion.- Enhanced sensory relearning after nerve repair by using repeated forearm anaesthesia: aspects on time dynamics of treatment.- Enhanced sensory re-learning after nerve repair using 3D audio-visual signals and kinaesthesia - preliminary results.- Compression and irritation syndromes.- Anatomical structures to provide passive motility of peripheral nerve trunks and fascicles.- Critical review of pathophysiologic mechanisms in thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS).- TOS-surgery via a single supraclavicular incision.- Thoracic outlet syndrome: a multidisciplinary problem with a perspective for microsurgical management without rib resection.- Neurosurgical prevention of ulceration and amputation by decompression of lower extremity peripheral nerves in diabetic neuropathy: update 2006.- Muscle.- IMF (R)-Therapy (Intention controlled Myo-Feedback) - an innovative method in the treatment of peripheral nerve lesions.- In peripheral nerve regeneration environment enriched with activity stimulating factors improves functional recovery.- Cognitive re-education and early functional mobilisation in hand therapy after bilateral hand transplantation and heterotopic hand replantation - two case reports.- Functional, morphological and biomolecular assessment of posttraumatic neuro-muscular recovery in the rat forelimb model.- Surgery on muscles in consequence of peripheral nerve lesions.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag GmbH)
Publication date: October, 2007
Pages: 194
Weight: 790g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Plastic/Reconstructive & Aesthetic, Rehabilitation
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