Management of infant brachial plexus injuries

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-98

  Shenaq, Saleh M ^a,b   Bullocks, Jamal M ^a,b   Dhillon, Gupreet ^a,b   Lee, Rita T ^a   Laurent, John P ^a,b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BREECH EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MOTONEURON; MULTIPARA; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY NERVE; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SPASTICITY; SPINAL GANGLION; SPLINTING; STEM CELL; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VENTRAL ROOT; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; INFANT; INJURY;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 14744297109     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2004.09.001     Document Type: Review

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