Living-donor nerve transplantation for global obstetric brachial plexus palsy

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 245-254

  Gruber, Scott A ^a,c   Mancias, Pedro ^a   Swinford, Rita D ^a   Prashner, Heather R ^a   Clifton, Jorge ^b   Henry, Mark H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Houston Hand/Upper Extremity Ctr   (United States)

^c HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contralateral C7 transfer; Nerve transplantation; Obstetric brachial plexus palsy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NYSTATIN; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIRTH INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVING DONOR; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TRANSFER; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARALYSIS, OBSTETRIC; RADIAL NERVE; REACTION TIME; SENSATION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SURAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33646250652     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-939929     Document Type: Article

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