Poor results after nerve grafting in the upper extremity: Quo vadis?

Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 396-402

  Meek, M F ^a   Coert, J H ^a   Robinson, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MORBIDITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 23244453571     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20137     Document Type: Article

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