The surgical treatment of brachial plexus injuries in adults

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1097-1122

  Terzis, Julia K ^a,b   Papakonstantinou, Konstantinos C ^a,b  

^a Eastern Virginia Medical School ^*

^b Microsurgical Research Center Norfolk   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033779224     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200010000-00022     Document Type: Article

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