Nerve lesions associated with limb-lengthening

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1502-1510

  Paschoal Nogueira, Monica ^a   Paley, Dror ^b   Bhave, Anil ^b   Herbert, Andrew ^c   Nocente, Catherine ^b   Herzenberg, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^c Whangarei Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEVICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LEG LENGTHENING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LESION; PAIN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 0042134578     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200308000-00011     Document Type: Article

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