Direct repair (nerve grafting), neurotization, and end-to-side neurorrhaphy in the treatment of brachial plexus injury

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-399

  Haninec, Pavel ^a,c   Šámal, Filip ^a   Tomáš, Robert ^a   Houstava, Ladislav ^a   Dubový, Petr ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Electromyography; End to side neurorrhaphy; Nerve graft; Neurotization; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847617078     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.3.391     Document Type: Article

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