Download or read book Essays on Peripheral Nerve Repair and Regeneration written by Stefano Geuna and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-08-10 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in the study of peripheral nerve repair and regeneration has increased significantly over the last twenty years and today the number of nerve reconstructions performed is progressively increasing due to the continuous improvement in surgical technology and to the spread of microsurgical skills among surgeons worldwide. This volume of International Review of Neurobiology providdes an overview of the state of the art knowledge in peripheral nerve repair and regeneration by bringing together a number of reviews that critically address some the most important issues in this biomedical field.