Comparative clinic study on vascularized and nonvascularized full-length phrenic nerve transfer

Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-20

  Xu, Wen Dong ^a   Xu, Jian Guang ^a   Gu, Yu Dong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSECTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURING METHOD; THORAX SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 13444270774     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20075     Document Type: Article

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