--- abstract: 'Scar formation is important for normal wound healing but proliferation of scar tissue from the epineurium in response to a nerve injury will result in impediment to the regenerating axons that need to traverse the repaired site. This article reviews the events that occur after peripheral nerve transection and the challenges that need to be addressed to reduce scarring in order to improve nerve regeneration. (Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2010; 109: 357-366)' altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - ngeowy@um.edu.my creators_name: - family: Ngeow given: W.C. honourific: Dr. lineage: '' date: 2010-03 date_type: published datestamp: 2012-04-25 12:59:54 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/81/92 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 8192 fileinfo: application/pdf;http://cogprints.org/8192/1/Scar%20less%20a%20review%20of%20methods%20of%20scar%20reduction%20at%20sites%20of%20peripheral%20nerve%20repair.pdf|application/pdf;http://cogprints.org/8192/2/Scar%20less%20a%20review%20of%20methods%20of%20scar%20reduction%20at%20sites%20of%20peripheral%20nerve%20repair.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: ~ item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: Rat Sciatic-Nerve; Immune-Mediated Demyelination; Epineural Sleeve Neurorrhaphy; Wallerian Degeneration; Schwann-Cells; Hyaluronic-Acid; Fibrin Glue; Transforming Growth-Factor-Beta-1; Functional Recovery; Surgical Technique lastmod: 2012-04-25 12:59:54 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: 'Times Cited: 3 Ngeow, Wei Cheong' number: 3 pagerange: 357-366 pubdom: TRUE publication: Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology publisher: 'MOSBY-ELSEVIER, 360 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA' refereed: TRUE referencetext: ~ relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 9 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2012-04-25 12:59:54 subjects: - JOURNALS - OJHAS succeeds: ~ suggestions: "Associate Prof. Dr. Ngeow Wei Cheong @ David Ngeow\r\nDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of\r\nMalaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA\r\n\r\nAssociate Professor Dr. Ngeow Wei Cheong is currently a lecturer at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Malaya. He graduated from the University of Malaya in 1992 and was a private practitioner for 9 months before he was offered the post of tutorship at his alma matter. Three years later, he went to do a house job at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, England. He obtained his Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the Royal College of Surgeons ofEngland in 1996. He subsequently returned to Malaysia and was a pioneer lecturer at the then newly established Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He left for private practice in 1999 but the temptation to return to academic life was greater, hence he returned to the University of Malaya the subsequent year. His research interest are craniofacial anthropometry, variations of the mandibular nerve, and recovery of peripheral nerves after microsurgical repair. \r\n \r\n\r\nAREAS OF EXPERTISE\r\n\t\r\nDentofacial Anthropometry (Head & Neck, anthropology)\r\n\r\nDental Analgesics (analgesic, local anaesthetic, COX-2 inhibitors)\r\n\r\nSurgical Anatomy (mental foramen, anterior loop)" sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: 'Scar less: a review of methods of scar reduction at sites of peripheral nerve repair' type: journalp userid: 16514 volume: 109