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ReviewFrontiers in surgery2022

Incorporating Blood Flow in Nerve Injury and Regeneration Assessment.

Stewart Yeoh, Wesley S Warner, Samer S Merchant, Edward W Hsu, Denes V Agoston, Mark A Mahan

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Review in Frontiers in surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stewart YeohDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Wesley S WarnerDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Samer S MerchantDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Edward W HsuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Denes V AgostonDepartment of Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.
Mark A MahanDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
University of Utah · USUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peripheral nerve injury is a significant public health challenge, with limited treatment options and potential lifelong impact on function. More than just an intrinsic part of nerve anatomy, the vascular network of nerves impact regeneration, including perfusion for metabolic demands, appropriate signaling and growth factors, and structural scaffolding for Schwann cell and axonal migration. However, the established nerve injury classification paradigm proposed by Sydney Sunderland in 1951 is based solely on hierarchical disruption to gross anatomical nerve structures and lacks further information regarding the state of cellular, metabolic, or inflammatory processes that are critical in determining regenerative outcomes. This review covers the anatomical structure of nerve-associated vasculature, and describes the biological processes that makes these vessels critical to successful end-organ reinnervation after severe nerve injuries. We then propose a theoretical framework that incorporates measurements of blood vessel perfusion and inflammation to unify perspectives on all mechanisms of nerve injury.

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blood vesselnerve injuryperfusionperipheral nerveregenerationSunderland injury classification

Identifiers

PMID35529911
PMCPMC9069240
OpenAlexW4224243187

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