Far-Infrared Therapy Promotes Nerve Repair following End-to-End Neurorrhaphy in Rat Models of Sciatic Nerve Injury

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(a) Photographs of muscle atrophy at Week 8 following end-to-end neurorrhaphy (experimental muscles are on the right, and contralateral muscles are on the left); (b) light micrographs of transverse-sectioned gastrocnemius muscle with H&E staining; (c) gastrocnemius muscle weight ratios (right/left, R/L) in all groups at 8 weeks after surgery. significantly greater than the NI/sham group (); # significantly greater than the NI/FIR group ().

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