Vascularized ulnar nerve graft

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-106

  Hattori, Yasunori ^a,b   Doi, Kazuteru ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Ogori Daiichi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Superior ulnar collateral artery; Vascularized ulnar nerve graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULNAR ARTERY; ULNAR NERVE; VASCULARIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ARM INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE TRANSFER; ULNAR ARTERY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33749333799     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130911-200606000-00009     Document Type: Article

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