Repair of obstetric brachial plexus palsy. Results in 100 children

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1089-1095

  Birch, R ^a   Ahad, N ^a   Kono, H ^a   Smith, S ^b  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Neurophysiology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SPINAL NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; PARALYSIS, OBSTETRIC; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23644459514     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B8.15975     Document Type: Article

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