Vascularized nerve grafts for the treatment of large nerve gap after severe trauma to an upper extremity

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-213

  Hasegawa, T ^a   Nakamura, S ^a   Manabe, T ^a   Mikawa, Y ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Large nerve gap; Sural nerve; Trauma; Upper extremity; Vascularized nerve graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARM INJURY; AVULSION INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIMB REPLANTATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN FLAP; SURAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARM INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURAL NERVE; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 2342417548     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-003-0617-6     Document Type: Review

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