Medical and legal issues related to brachial plexus injuries in neonates

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 209-212

  McAbee, Gary N ^a,b,c   Ciervo, Carman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Children's Regional Hospital   (United States)

^c Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROLYSIS; NEWBORN CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC CARE; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; RISK; SPLINTING; TENDON TRANSFER;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALPRACTICE; PARALYSIS, OBSTETRIC; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33646129898     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 00986151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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