Forty white rats, randomly equally divided into experimental and control groups, were used in this study. Sodium amytal was injected intraperitoneally, a crushing injury of the sciatic nerve was created in all of the 80 rats. The forty rats in the experimental group were treated with hyperbaric oxygenation while those rats in the control group received no treatement. From 2-8 weeks following the crushing injury of the sciatic nerves, it was observed that the treatment group showed an earlier recovery of nerve function and carlier response of leg muscles to electristimulation; less edema and exudation; marked proliferation of Schwann’s cells and more rapid recoveryof neurilemma, lastly. the number and rate of regeneration of neural axons were higher than that the control group.

Citation： Wei Jiabin,et al.. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION ON REGENERATION OF PERIPHERAL NERVE. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 1991, 5(1): 45-48. doi: Copy