External rotation as a result of suprascapular nerve neurotization in obstetric brachial plexus lesions

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 530-536

  Pondaag, Willem ^a   De Boer, Ralph ^a   Van Wijlen Hempel, Marie S ^a   Hofstede Buitenhuis, Sonja M ^a   Malessy, Martijn J A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth injuries; Brachial plexus neuropathies; Brachial plexus surgery; Neurosurgical procedures; Obstetric surgery; Paralysis

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTITUTION; SHOULDER; SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; SPINAL NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24344462269     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000170557.13788.D2     Document Type: Article

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