Physiological and clinical advantages of median nerve fascicle transfer to the musculocutaneous nerve following brachial plexus root avulsion injury

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 830-834

  Nath, Rahul K ^a   Lyons, Andrew B ^a   Bietz, Gabriel ^a  

^a Texas Nerve and Paralysis Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus avulsion; Median nerve; Nerve injury; Nerve transfer; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADICULOPATHY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845487127     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.6.830     Document Type: Article

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