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Peripheral nerve injuries are frequent and can cause serious handicaps. Their treatment sometimes leads to functional regeneration which often remains incomplete and random, despite the practice of rather sophisticated surgical techniques.
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Rigoard, P. (2017). The Injured Nerve. In: Rigoard, P. (eds) Atlas of Anatomy of the Peripheral Nerves . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43089-8_2
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