Free muscle transfer can restore hand function after injuries of the lower brachial plexus

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-120

  Doi, Kazuteru ^a,b   Hattori, Yasunori ^a,b   Kuwata, Noriyuki ^a,b   Soo heong, Tan ^a,b   Kawakami, Fujio ^a,b   Otsuka, Ken ^a,b   Watanabe, Masao ^a,b  

^a Ogori Daiichi General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Ogori Daiichi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MALE; MUSCLE GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON TRANSFER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WRIST;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031974694     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B1.8073     Document Type: Article

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