Direct plexus repair by grafts supplemented by nerve transfers

Hand Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-69

  Kline, David G ^a,b,c,d   Tiel, Robert L ^a,b,c,d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HLTH SCI C   (United States)

^b MCLNO Hospital   (United States)

^c Ochsner Hospital   (United States)

^d Touro Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTUSION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 12744268214     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2004.09.002     Document Type: Review

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