Brachial plexus injuries

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 269-287

  Tung, Thomas H H ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTHRODESIS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; MUSCLE GRAFT; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE AVULSION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE REHABILITATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; SHOULDER FUSION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT PLANNING; WRIST FUSION;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0037396526     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-1298(02)00094-9     Document Type: Review

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