Abstract

Regeneration of 70 rat sciatic nerves was investigated following transection by a 1.06 μm neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd-YAG) laser and by a conventional scalpel. Twenty-three amputation stumps after each technique were reexposed at different intervals between 3 and 240 days. In an second series 12 nerve trunks each were taken out following initial epineural suture repair after survival periods between 30 and 90 days.

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