Nerve Repair and Orthodromic and Antidromic Nerve Grafts: An Experimental Comparative Study in Rabbit

Figure 7

Light micrographs of neurofilament- (NF-) immunostained sections of the tibial nerve. Transverse sections of the tibial nerve 5 mm proximal to its entry site in the gastrocnemius muscle were prepared. Although the average total axon count in the nerve repair group (c) was significantly lower than in the control group (d), it was significantly greater than in the orthodromic (a) or antidromic (b) nerve graft groups. Magnification, 10×.

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