Documentation of Posttraumatic Nerve Compression in Patients with Normal Electrodiagnostic Studies

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 339-344

  Coert, J Henk ^a   Meek, Marcel F ^e   Gibeault, David ^b   Dellon, A Lee ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Inst for Peripheral Nerve Surgery   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Nerve compression; Nerve injury; Neurosensory testing; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 1542376566     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000042800.70810.DB     Document Type: Article

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