Recovery of finger sensibility and somatosensory evoked potentials following digit-to-digit replantation in man

Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 125-131

  Chu, Nai Shin ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Digit to digit replantation; Nerve regeneration; Restorative neurology; Sensory recovery; Somatosensory evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER REPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; SENSIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FINGERS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029737337     PISSN: 00365505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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