Restoration of elbow flexion 16 years after brachial plexus root avulsion

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 519-521

  Van Turnhout, A A W M ^a   Mulder, J W ^a   Heybroek, E ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELBOW FLEXION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON TRANSFER; TIME;

ADULT; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE; TENDON TRANSFER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030690026     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020050178     Document Type: Article

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