Clinical orthopaedics and related research
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Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. · Mar 1985
Peripheral nerve changes following epineurial injection of saline and blood in rat sciatic nerve.
The effects of warm saline and heparinized autogeneic blood injection on a rat sciatic nerve were observed by histologic, histochemic, and CT planimetry. Demonstrable intraneural degenerative changes and epineurial cellular proliferation were present in both groups. ⋯ Further investigations are needed to study the effect of nonheparinized blood injection. The use of computerized planimetry in assessing quantitative nerve damage proved to be feasible.