Triceps motor nerve branches as a donor or receiver in nerve transfers

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5 SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Bertelli, Jayme A ^a,e   Santos, Marcos A ^b   Kechele, Paulo R ^c   Ghizoni, Marcos F ^d   Duarte, Hamilton ^c  

^a Governador Celso Ramos Hospital   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Regional Homero de Miranda Gomes   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Avulsion injuries; Axillary nerve; Brachial plexus; Nerve transfer triceps innervation; Triceps motor branches; Triceps muscle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA; CADAVER DONOR; DISSECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN NERVE; TENDON; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; NERVE TRANSFER; RADIAL NERVE;

EID: 37349046727     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000303991.80364.56     Document Type: Article

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