Prospective study of omental transposition in patients with chronic spinal injury

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-80

  Duffill, J ^a   Buckley, J ^b   Lang, D ^a   Neil Dwyer, G ^a   McGinn, F ^b   Wade, D ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RIVERMEAD REHABILITATION CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Omentum; Outcome; Spinal cord injury; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; OMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPINE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLES; OMENTUM; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034962480     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.71.1.73     Document Type: Article

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