Intraoperative electrodiagnostic testing during cross-chest C7 nerve root transfer

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 903-905

  Holland, Neil R ^a   Belzberg, Allan J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Intraoperative monitoring; Nerve graft repair; Nerve transfer; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE ROOT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NERVE TRANSFER; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0030913401     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199707)20:7<903::AID-MUS20>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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