Brazilian Neurosurgery (Dec 2023)
Protocol of a Nerve Neurotmesis Sciatic Repair using Polyvinyl Alcohol Biofilm in Wistar Rats
- Ana Camila Nobre de Lacerda Brito,
- Maria Danielly Lima de Oliveira,
- César Augusto Souza de Andrade,
- Hélida Cristina Cirilo da Silva,
- Paulo César da Silva Queiroz,
- Sara Emanuely Veríssimo Santos,
- Wilayane Alves Martins,
- Estela Batista Santos,
- Romero Andion de Medeiros Sobrinho,
- Kalline Lourenço Ribeiro,
- Alberto Galdino da Silva Júnior,
- Sílvia Regina Arruda de Moraes
Affiliations
- Ana Camila Nobre de Lacerda Brito
- ORCiD
- Postgraduate Program in Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Maria Danielly Lima de Oliveira
- Department of Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- César Augusto Souza de Andrade
- Department of Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Hélida Cristina Cirilo da Silva
- Department of Physiotherapy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Paulo César da Silva Queiroz
- Department of Physiotherapy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Sara Emanuely Veríssimo Santos
- Department of Physiotherapy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Wilayane Alves Martins
- Department of Physiotherapy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Estela Batista Santos
- Department of Physiotherapy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Romero Andion de Medeiros Sobrinho
- Department of Physiotherapy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Kalline Lourenço Ribeiro
- Postgraduate Program in Therapeutic Innovation, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Alberto Galdino da Silva Júnior
- Postgraduate Program in Therapeutic Innovation, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Sílvia Regina Arruda de Moraes
- Department of Anatomy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1742297
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 42,
no. 04
pp. e282 – e287
Abstract
Background Animal models are commonly used to assess the efficacy of new materials to be employed in the surgical repair of a nerve injury. However, there is no published surgical repair protocol for sciatic nerve neurotmesis in rats.
Keywords
- biofilm
- neurosurgical procedure
- peripheral nerve injuries
- rats
- sciatic nerve
- biofilme
- procedimento neurocirúrgico
- lesões nervosas periféricas
- ratos
- nervo ciático
