Delayed repair of the facial nerve and its negative impacts on nerve and muscle regeneration
Cleuber Rodrigo de Souza Bueno,
Daniela Vieira Buchaim,
Benedito Barraviera
et al.
Abstract:Background:
In this experimental protocol, we evaluated the immediate and delayed repair
of the buccal branch of the facial nerve (BBFN) with heterologous fibrin
biopolymer (HFB) as a coaptation medium and the use of photobiomodulation
(PBM), performing functional and histomorphometric analysis of the BBFN and
perioral muscles.
Methods:
Twenty-eight rats were divided into eight groups using the BBFN bilaterally
(the left nerve was used for PBM), namely: G1 - control gro… Show more
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