Research Article
Changes of Functional, Morphological, and Inflammatory Reactions in Spontaneous Peripheral Nerve Reinnervation after Thermal Injury
Table 1
Comparison of acute nerve changes after slight, moderate, and severe thermal injury (3 days).
| | Slight () | Moderate () | Severe () | value |
| EMG | | | | | NCV index | | | | <0.01 | % | 0/8 (0.0%) | 6/8 (75.0%) | 8/8 (100%) | <0.01 | | 0/8 (0.0%) | 5/8 (62.5%) | 8/8 (100%) | <0.01 | Neural morphology changes | | | | | Myelin sheath: crush | 0/8 (0.0%) | 6/8 (75.0%) | 8/8 (100%) | <0.01 | Myelin sheath: bubbles | 0/8 (0.0%) | 5/8 (62.5%) | 8/8 (100%) | <0.01 | Anchoring particles: lessen | 0/8 (0.0%) | 4/8 (50.0%) | 8/8 (100%) | <0.01 | Neural inflammation | | | | | Myelin sheath effusion | 0/8 (0.0%) | 5/8 (62.5%) | 8/8 (100%) | <0.01 | Macrophage activation | 0/8 (0.0%) | 6/8 (75.0%) | 8/8 (100%) | <0.01 | Neural homogenization | 0/8 (0.0%) | 4/8 (50.0%) | 8/8 (100%) | <0.01 |
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