Results of the latissimus dorsi and teres major tendon transfer on to the rotator cuff for brachial plexus palsy at birth

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 207-211

  Vallejo, G Ivan ^a   Toh, Satoshi ^a   Arai, Hisamichi ^a   Arai, Kouichi ^a   Harata, Seiko ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth palsy; Brachial plexus injury; Hoffer procedure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON TRANSPLANTATION; TERES MAJOR MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARALYSIS, OBSTETRIC; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTATOR CUFF; SAMPLING STUDIES; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; TENDON TRANSFER; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036394538     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310260259860     Document Type: Article

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