Surgical treatment of lumbosacral plexus injuries

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 64-71

  Lang, Eva Maria ^b   Borges, Jörg ^b   Carlstedt, Thomas ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Lumbosacral plexus injury; Nerve regeneration; Nerve transfer; Spinal root repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CAUDA EQUINA RUPTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY MYELOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS INJURY; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETON TRACTION; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACTION INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRAL ROOT; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC GIRDLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADICULOPATHY; SACRUM; SPINE FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; PELVIC BONES; POLYRADICULOPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 3042686288     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2004.1.1.0064     Document Type: Article

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