Cortical sensory and motor response in a patient whose hand has been replanted: One-year follow up with functional magnetic resonance imaging

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 70-76

  Björkman, Anders ^a   Waites, Anthony ^a,b   Rosén, Birgitta ^a   Lundborg, Göran ^a   Larsson, Elna Marie ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical integration; fMRI; Hand replantation; Motor; Sensory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REIMPLANTATION; SENSATION; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION;

AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPLANTATION; SENSATION;

EID: 33947114809     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310601140956     Document Type: Article

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