Tubular repair of the median or ulnar nerve in the human forearm: A 5 - Year follow - Up

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 29 B, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 100-107

  Lundborg, Goran ^a,b   Rosen B ^a,b   Dahlin, L ^a,b   Holmberg, J ^a,b   Rosen I ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nerve repair; Outcome; Silicone; Tubes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 1842504137     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2003.09.018     Document Type: Article

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