... Nerve Injury and Repair New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1988, p 33.) In nerve repair, fascicular matching is critical to outcome, and strategies for achieving this will be discussed The blood supply ... longitudinally, creating columns of cells called Büngner bands, which provide a supportive and growthpromoting microenvironment for regenerating axons Endoneurial tubes shrink as well, and Schwann ... debate as to how long they remain viable for reinnervation, with estimates ranging from year to several years As with muscle reinnervation, however, it is evident that early reinnervation produces...