Preliminary investigation on use of high‐resolution optical coherence tomography to monitor injury and repair in the rat sciatic nerve

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been used in limited settings to study peripheral nerve injury. The purpose of the study is to determine whether high‐resolution OCT can be used to monitor nerve injury and regeneration in the rat sciatic nerve following crush injury, ligation, and transection with microsurgical repair.

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