Sonographic Evaluation of Primary Peripheral Nerve Repair

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1317-1322

  Peer, Siegfried ^a   Harpf, Christoph ^a,b   Willeit, Johann ^a   Piza Katzer, Hildegunde ^a,b   Bodner, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Nerve; Sonography; Surgery; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING;

NERVE REPAIR; SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVE;

EID: 0348011743     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.12.1317     Document Type: Article

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