Intraoperative histological sections in obstetric brachial plexus lesions - Comparison of macroscopic appearance, HE staining and toluidine blue staining;Intraoperative schnellschnittdiagnostik bei der geburtstraumatischen plexusläsion - Gegenüberstellung von makroskopie, HE-schnellschnitten und semidünnschnitten mit toluidinblau-färbung

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-116

  Becker, Michael H J ^a   Ingianni, G ^a   Lassner, F ^b   Atkins, D ^c   Schroder J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c HELIOS KLINIKUM WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Microsurgery; Nerve reconstruction; Staining methods

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; STAINING;

ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORING AGENTS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PARESIS; PREGNANCY; RADICULOPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0041335565     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40772     Document Type: Article

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