Can a Partially Injured Donor Nerve Restore Elbow Flexion in an Acute Brachial Plexus Injury in Rats?
RatOtherSprague-DawleyMaleSurgical nerve transferImmediately after the lower trunk injury
Model: Acute brachial plexus injury with graded lower trunk injury, leaving 0, 25, 75 or 100 per cent of the donor lower trunk intact
At 5 months, rats with partial lower trunk injury performed significantly worse than those with a fully intact donor trunk but significantly better than those with no intact trunk. Animals with 25 or 75 per cent intact lower trunk recovered equivalent donor and recipient function, showing a partial…
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