Transposition of local muscles to restore elbow flexion in brachial plexus palsy

Injury

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 597-609

  Rühmann, Oliver ^a   Schmolke, Stephan ^a   Gossé, Frank ^a   Wirth, Carl Joachim ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; NEUROSURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELBOW; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDON TRANSFER; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0036743379     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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