Planning brachial plexus surgery: Treatment options and priorities

Hand Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-54

  Brophy, Robert H ^a   Wolfe, Scott W ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 12744272955     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2004.09.007     Document Type: Review

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