The bottleneck theory: Accounting for clinical and experimental variability in the outcome of functional muscle transfer [15]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1129-1131

  Urso Baiarda, Fulvio G ^a   MacQuillan, Anthony H ^a   Grobbelaar, Adriaan O ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACE SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE; LETTER; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 33847218667     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000253451.50796.e3     Document Type: Letter

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