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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2019 Dec 11;73(3):460–468. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2019.11.048

Table 1.

Experimental design

Groups Surgery Survival time 2 weeks (N) Survival time 12 weeks (N) Survival time 16 weeks (N)
I Autograft 5 6 6
II Optimized processed allograft (OPA) 5 6 6
III OPA + SIEF flap 5 6 6

Ten-mm sciatic nerve gaps were reconstructed with an autograft (group I, gold standard), an optimized processed allograft (group II, OPA), or an OPA wrapped in a pedicled superficial inferior epigastric fascial (SIEF) flap (group III). Rats were sacrificed at two, 12 and 16 weeks to measure vascularization.