Evaluation of the improvement of sensibility after primary median nerve repair at the wrist

Microsurgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 192-196

  Selma, Polatkan ^a,b   Emre, Orhun ^a   Oguz, Polatkan ^a   Ersin, Nuzumlali ^a   Oya, Bayri ^a  

^a Istanbul Hand Surgery and Microsurgery Centre   (Turkey)

^b Aksaray Vatan Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSIBILITY; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VIBRATION SENSE; WRIST INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 0031853498     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(1998)18:3<192::AID-MICR13>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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