Fig. 7

Histopathologic examination of the sciatic nerve and gastrocnemius muscle cross-sections stained by hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) at the end of the 12th week post-surgery. Arrowheads vacuolation, asterisks collagen hyperplasia, thick arrows atrophied muscle fiber, thin arrows edema, double-head arrow hyalinization. The magnification for muscle cross-sections: ×400, the magnification for nerve cross-sections: ×200