Pain relief from preganglionic injury to the brachial plexus by late intercostal nerve transfer

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 759-760

  Berman, J ^a   Anand, P ^a,b   Chen, L ^a,c   Taggart, M ^a   Birch, R ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029846638     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.78b5.0780759     Document Type: Article

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