Long-term results of spinal accessory nerve transfer to the suprascapular nerve in upper-type paralysis of brachial plexus injury

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 295-299

  Suzuki, Kouichi ^a   Doi, Kazuteru ^a   Hattori, Yasunori ^a   Pagsaligan, Jose Miguel ^a  

^a Ogori Daiichi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accessory nerve transfer; Brachial plexus injury; Reconstruction of shoulder function

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ACCESSORY NERVE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; OPERATION DURATION; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; PARALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36748999904     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-985205     Document Type: Article

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