The use of thoracodorsal nerve transfer in restoration of irreparable C5 and C6 spinal nerve lesions

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 541-546

  Samardzic, M M ^a   Grujicic, D M ^a   Rasulic, L G ^a   Milicic, B R ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Axillary nerve; Brachial plexus injury; Musculocutaneous nerve; Nerve transfer; Thoracodorsal nerve

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DONOR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REINNERVATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; THORACIC NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18444372671     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2003.12.027     Document Type: Article

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