Restoration of upper arm function in traction injuries to the brachial plexus

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 327-335

  Samardzic M ^a   Grujicic D ^a   Rasulic L ^a   Milicic B ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Nerve grafting; Nerve transfer; Traction injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL ROOT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADICULOPATHY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036255006     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010200045     Document Type: Article

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