Preliminary results of double nerve transfer to restore elbow flexion in upper type brachial plexus palsies [3]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1273-

  Mackinnon, Susan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; ELBOW FLEXION; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELBOW; HUMANS; NERVE TRANSFER; PUBLISHING; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 33749449795     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000238220.56097.4e     Document Type: Letter

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