Evaluation of the sensory deficit after sural nerve harvesting in pediatric patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 670-674

  Lapid, Oren ^a,b   Ho, Emily S ^a   Goia, Cristina ^a   Clarke, Howard M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT; HUMAN; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURAL NERVE;

CHILD; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; SURAL NERVE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 33846442392     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000246521.83239.cd     Document Type: Article

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