Update on brachial plexus surgery in adults

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 203-214

  Spinner, Robert J ^a   Shin, Alexander Y ^a   Bishop, Allen T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Brachial plexus; Injuries; Traumatic

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; GRACILIS MUSCLE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; JOINT STABILITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REIMPLANTATION; REINNERVATION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SHOULDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142669850     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-200408000-00002     Document Type: Review

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