Musculocutaneous nerve: Histotopographic study and clinical implications

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 400-406

  Macchi, Veronica ^a   Tiengo, Cesare ^a   Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Parenti, Anna ^a   Stecco, Carla ^a   Bassetto, Franco ^a   Scapinelli, Raffaele ^a   Taglialavoro, Giuseppe ^a   De Caro, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coracobrachialis muscle; Epineurium; Peripheral nerve surgery; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CADAVER; COMPRESSION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELBOW FLEXION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACROMION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 34247254465     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20402     Document Type: Article

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