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  • Title: Restoration of full mass in nerve-intact muscle grafts after delayed reinnervation.
    Author: Carlson BM, Foster AH, Bader DM, Hník P, Vejsada R.
    Journal: Experientia; 1983 Feb 15; 39(2):171-2. PubMed ID: 6832293.
    Abstract:
    A rat muscle freely grafted with the motor nerve intact becomes restored to full mass and contractile function, in contrast to the reduced weight of a standard free graft. By crushing the nerve to a nerve-intact graft and delaying reinnervation, full mass is still restored. One can conclude that earlier reinnervation is not the reason for the success of nerve-intact grafts, but that it is rather due to reinnervation along preserved Schwann cell channels.
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