Diagnostic ultrasound for nerve transection

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 796-799

  Cartwright, Michael S ^a   Chloros, George D ^a   Walker, Francis O ^a   Wiesler, Ethan R ^a   Campbell, William W ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver; Nerve trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE TRANSECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE;

AGED; CADAVER; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34249708337     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20761     Document Type: Article

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