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Article: Nerve repair and grafting are based on current knowledge of regeneration.
- Article from:
- Pain & Central Nervous System Week
- Article date:
- July 7, 2003
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2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Repair of nerves so that they regenerate as quickly as possible requires specific knowledge and surgical skills.
"Until the late 18th century, it was felt that peripheral nerves did not regenerate after injury. Since that time, tremendous advances have been made in our understanding of peripheral nerve injury and repair. The processes of nerve regeneration and target reinnervation are complex and involve multiple factors," researchers in the United States report.
"Nerve regeneration does not begin if the cell body has not survived the initial injury or if it is unable to initiate regeneration. The distal nerve ...