Detection of root avulsion in the dominant C7 obstetric brachial plexus lesion: Experience with three-dimensional constructive interference in steady-state magnetic resonance imaging and electrophysiology

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 930-938

  Van Ouwerkerk, Willem J R ^a,b   Strijers, Rob L M ^a   Barkhof, Frederik ^a   Umans, Ulco ^a   Vanderfop, W Peter ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus neuropathies; Diagnostic imaging; Electrodiagnosis; Obstetric lesion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27644464899     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000180813.10843.D4     Document Type: Article

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