Vascularized ulnar nerve graft for reconstruction of a large defect of the median or radial nerves after severe trauma of the upper extremity

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 986-989

  Hattori, Yasunori ^a,b   Doi, Kazuteru ^a   Ikeda, Keisuke ^a   Pagsaligan, Jose Miguel ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Ogori Daiichi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Median nerve; Radial nerve; Vascularized ulnar nerve graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARM INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; RADIAL NERVE; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ULNAR NERVE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 25144507478     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2005.03.017     Document Type: Article

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