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Biology of Nerve Injury

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The variable outcomes following nerve injury reflect a complex and imperfect physiological response with a slow and inefficient regenerative process. The interaction between regenerating axons, supportive glial cells, and target organelles – all key to successful axonal elongation – may depend on but not limited to trauma severity, level of injury, host factors, and reparative efforts.

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Isaacs, J.E., Lamont, S.M. (2021). Biology of Nerve Injury. In: Shin, A.Y., Pulos, N. (eds) Operative Brachial Plexus Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69517-0_4

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