Axillary nerve repair by triceps motor branch transfer through an axillary access: Anatomical basis and clinical results

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 370-377

  Bertelli, Jayme Augusto ^a,b,e   Kechele, Paulo Roberto ^c   Santos, Marcos Antonio ^d   Duarte, Hamilton ^c   Ghizoni, Marcos Flávio ^b  

^a Governador Celso Ramos Hospital   (Brazil)

^b Center of Biological and Health Sciences   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d Homero de Miranda Gomes Hospital   (Brazil)

^e Praça Getulio Vargas 322   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Axillary nerve; Brachial plexus; Deltoid muscle; Nerve graft; Nerve transfer; Neurotization; Teres minor muscle

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY; ARTICLE; AXILLARY NERVE REPAIR; AXILLARY NERVE TRICEPS LONG HEAD MOTOR BRANCH; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; DELTOID MUSCLE; DISSECTION; ELBOW; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI TENDON; MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL SCALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; POSTERIOR CIRCUMFLEX HUMERAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSCAPULAR ARTERY; SUBSCAPULARIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TENDON; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

EID: 34547697762     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/08/0370     Document Type: Article

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