Update on management of pediatric brachial plexus palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 116-126

  Waters, Peter M ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Management; Pediatric; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTHROSCOPY; BIRTH INJURY; CHILD; HUMAN; LIMB DEFORMITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN REDUCTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOULDER; SHOULDER INJURY; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST DISEASE;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON TRANSFER; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 11844272028     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-200501000-00025     Document Type: Review

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