Fig. 3

Demonstration of lesion side and nerve defect induction of peripheral nerve and construct implantation in adult sheep*. The tibial and peroneal nerves (arrow heads) were exposed (a). Nerve defect in tibial nerve of 6 cm and bridging of nerve defect lesion with vein/spider silk construct (b), which is sutured between the proximal and distal nerve stumps of the 6 cm nerve defect in adult sheep. *Figure by Radtke C, Allmeling C, Waldmann K-H, Reimers K, Thies K, Schenk HC, et al. Spider silk constructs enhance axonal regeneration and remyelination in long nerve defects in sheep. PLoS ONE 6(2): e16990. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016990 and used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License