Tiam Mana Saffari

Chapter 1 General Introduction 11
Chapter 2 The Role of Vascularization in Nerve Regeneration of Nerve Graft: A Review of Literature 31
Chapter 3 The Superficial Inferior Epigastric Artery Fascia Flap in Rats 51
Chapter 4 New Methods for Objective Angiogenesis Evaluation of Rat Nerves using Microcomputed Tomography Scanning and Conventional Photography 69
Chapter 5 Revascularization Patterns of Nerve Allografts in a Rat Sciatic Nerve Defect Model 87
Chapter 6 Surgical Angiogenesis Modifies the Cellular Environment of Nerve Allografts in a Rat Sciatic Nerve Defect Model 107
Chapter 7 Surgical Angiogenesis of Decellularized Nerve Allografts Improves Early Functional Recovery in a Rat Sciatic Nerve Defect Model 131
Chapter 8 The Interaction of Stem Cells and Vascularization in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration 159
Chapter 9 Functional Outcomes of Nerve Allografts Seeded with Undifferentiated and Differentiated Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Rat Sciatic Nerve Defect Model 187
Chapter 10 Microcomputed Analysis of Nerve Angioarchitecture after Combined Stem Cell Delivery and Surgical Angiogenesis to Nerve Allograft 211
Chapter 11 General Discussion 235
Chapter 12 Summary / Samenvatting 253
Research Data Management 268
List of Publications 270
PhD Portfolio 272
Curriculum Vitae 276
A Letter to a Young Researcher 279
Acknowledgements 280

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