Missile-caused median nerve injuries: Results of 81 repairs

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 410-418

  Roganovic, Zoran ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b NONE   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Median nerve; Nerve injuries; Treatment, Outcome; Wounds, Gunshot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN NERVE INJURY; MISSILE WOUND; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSATION; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSATION DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 18844414768     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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