Epineurial Window Is More Efficient in Attracting Axons than Simple Coaptation in a Sutureless (Cyanoacrylate-Bound) Model of End-to-Side Nerve Repair in the Rat Upper Limb: Functional and Morphometric Evidences and Review of the Literature

• Igor Papalia,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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• Ludovico Magaudda,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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• Maria Righi,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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• Giulia Ronchi,

  Affiliations Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Orbassano (Torino), Italy, Neuroscience Institute of the “Cavalieri Ottolenghi” Foundation (NICO), University of Torino, Orbassano (Torino), Italy

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• Nicoletta Viano,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Orbassano (Torino), Italy

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• Stefano Geuna ,

  * E-mail: stefano.geuna@unito.it

  Affiliations Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Orbassano (Torino), Italy, Neuroscience Institute of the “Cavalieri Ottolenghi” Foundation (NICO), University of Torino, Orbassano (Torino), Italy

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• Michele Rosario Colonna

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Surgical and Medical Specialties, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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