Nerve injury and repair : regeneration, reconstruction, and cortical remodeling

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Nerve injury and repair : regeneration, reconstruction, and cortical remodeling

Göran Lundborg

Elsevier, Churchill Livingstone, c2004

2nd ed.

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Includes bibliographies and index

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Description

The book focuses on nerve repair and reconstruction. It emphasizes biological mechanisms, clinical treatment and functional remodelling in brain cortex as a consequence of nerve injury. Numerous original schematic drawings illustrate complex mechanisms in a very easy way. It is geared primarily for surgeons in the fields of hand, plastic, orthopaedic and neurosurgery.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Defining the Problem Chapter 2 The Dynamic Nerve Cell Chapter 3 The Nerve Trunk Chapter 4 Acute Nerve Compression Chapter 5 Chronic Nerve Compression Chapter 6 Regeneration and Experimental Nerve Repair Chapter 7 Clinical Nerve Repair and Reconstruction Chapter 8 Sensation and Sensorimotor Integration in Hand Function Chapter 9 Brain Plasticity and Cortical Remodeling Chapter 10 Sensory Relearning and Sensory Re-education Chapter 11 Assessment of Outcome after Nerve Repair Index

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