Restoration of sensation over the contact surfaces of the thumb-index pinch grip using the terminal branches of the superficial branch of the radial nerve

Annales de Chirurgie de la Main et du Membre Superieur

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-183

  Rapp, E ^a   Lallemand, S ^a   Ehrler, S ^a   Buch, N ^a   Foucher, G ^a  

^a SOS Main Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Median nerve; Neurotisation; Palliative surgery; Radial nerve; Sensibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SUTURE; RADIAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB;

EID: 0032735386     PISSN: 07539053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1153-2424(99)80001-6     Document Type: Article

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