End-to-side nerve suture - A technique to repair peripheral nerve injury

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 11 I, 1999, Pages 1188-1194

  Mennen, Ulrich ^a  

^a Ga Rankuwa Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABOON; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SUTURE; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033369211     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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