Technique of the double nerve transfer to recover elbow flexion in C5, C6, Or C5 to C7 brachial plexus palsy

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-17

  Goubier, Jean Noël ^a   Teboul, Frédéric ^a  

^a International Center of Hand Surgery   (France)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus palsy; Median nerve; Nerve transfer; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; ELBOW FLEXION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INNERVATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247591433     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bth.0000248360.14448.6b     Document Type: Article

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