Outcome of surgically treated birth-related brachial plexus injuries in twenty cases

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-27

  Sherburn, Eric W ^a   Kaplan, Stuart S ^a   Kaufman, Bruce A ^a   Noetzel, Michael J ^a   Park, T S ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Microsurgery; Nerve injury; Obstetrical palsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INNERVATION; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031408289     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121220     Document Type: Article

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