The effect of human placental suspension on rat sciatic nerve healing

• Published in: Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 140 - 146
• Main Authors: Ayan, Irfan, Esenkaya, Irfan, Karakaplan, Mustafa, Germen, Burak, Milcan, Abtullah, Zorludemir, Suzan, Ozcan, Cemal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Turkish
• Published: Turkey 2007
• Subjects: Animals; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Injections; Nerve Regeneration - drug effects; Nerve Regeneration - physiology; Placental Extracts - administration & dosage; Placental Extracts - pharmacology; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Sciatic Nerve - injuries; Sciatic Nerve - surgery

We investigated the effect of human placental suspension (HPS) on rat sciatic nerve regeneration. Eight adult female Sprague-Dawley rats weighing between 250 and 300 g were randomly divided into control and study groups equal in number. Both sciatic nerves were explored under anesthesia, transsected...