How to Improve the Results of Peripheral Nerve Surgery

All over the world research is going on to improve the outcome of the treatment of peripheral nerve lesions. Questions over questions arise. Is the autologeous nerve grafting still the golden standard in bridging defects? Have alternative techniques to overcome defects reached a level to replace aut...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Millesi, Hanno (Editor), Schmidhammer, Robert (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 2007, 2007
Edition:1st ed. 2007
Series:Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:All over the world research is going on to improve the outcome of the treatment of peripheral nerve lesions. Questions over questions arise. Is the autologeous nerve grafting still the golden standard in bridging defects? Have alternative techniques to overcome defects reached a level to replace autografting? To which length are they effective? What is the role of allografting? Are there still indications for vascularized nerve grafts? What can be expected from end to side coaptation? Does it exist at all? Under what conditions useful recoveries can be achieved? Are there new developments in physical medicine and physiotherapy? Can the quality of recovery be influenced by surgery on muscles to provide a better equilibrium of forces? To what extent cerebral plasticity may be exploited to improve functional results? The contributions in this book give answers to all of these questions
Physical Description:IX, 184 p online resource
ISBN:9783211729588