Restoration of prehension with the double free muscle technique following complete avulsion of the brachial plexus. Indications and long-term results

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 652-666

  Doi, Kazuteru ^a   Muramatsu, Keiichi ^a   Hattori, Yasunori ^a   Otsuka, Ken ^a   Tan, Soo Heong ^b   Nanda, Vipul ^a   Watanabe, Masao ^a  

^a Ogori Daiichi General Hospital   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034066864     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200005000-00006     Document Type: Article

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