Results of nerve transfers to the musculocutaneous and axillary nerves

Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-103

  Samardžić, Miroslav ^a   Rasulić, Lukas ^a   Grujičić, Danica ^a   Miličić, Biljana ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Accessory nerve; Brachial plexus; Collateral branches; Intercostal nerve; Nerve transfer; Traction injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0342980407     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neurosurgery/46.1.93     Document Type: Article

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