Table 1. Femoral nerve (motor division) histomorphometrical and retrograde labeling results.
Group (femoral) | Shamf | Crushf | MNf | MN+50gf | (MN+50g)x2f | Transectionf | Transection+Repairf |
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G-ratio | 0.71 ± 0.01 | 0.68 ± 0.01 | 0.66 ± 0.01 | 0.68 ± 0.01 | 0.69 ± 0.01 | 0.66 ± 0.02 | 0.66 ± 0.01 |
Fiber diameter (µm) | 6.07 ± 0.38 | 4.05 ± 0.09 | 3.5 ± 0.09 | 3.41 ± 0.2 | 3.1 ± 0.17 | 2.58 ± 0.04 | 2.78 ± 0.19 |
Neural tissue (%) | 14.28 ± 2.82 | 12.82 ± 0.98 | 7.19 ± 2.58 | 8.89 ± 0.78 | 4.47 ± 0.63 | 4.98 ± 0.55 | 2.24 ± 0.43 |
FB (motor division) | 390.2 ± 30.15 | 420 ± 13.03 | 298.8 ±57.63 | 298.3 ±41.6 | 137.8 ± 40.06 | 162.4 ± 47.36 | 154.8 ± 26.78 |
Di-I (cutaneous) | 0 | 0.5 ± 0.5 | 12.33 ± 5.4 | 14.67 ±12.9 | 53.25 ± 19.83 | 102.2 ± 19.4 | 50.8 ± 24.36 |
Double (FB and Di-I) | 0 | 0 | 0.67 ± 0.49 | 1 ± 1 | 2.25 ± 2.25 | 9.6 ± 4.76 | 3.4 ± 1.54 |
Total (FB + Di-I - Double) | 390.2 ± 30.15 | 420.5 ±12.66 | 310.5 ±60.55 | 312 ± 46.6 | 188.8 ± 53.5 | 255 ± 50.79 | 202.2 ± 48.58 |
Misdirection (%) | 0 | 0.13 ±0.13 | 4.67 ± 2.1 | 3.73 ± 2.84 | 26.84 ± 7.68 | 45.2 ± 8.51 | 20.2 ± 6.57 |