Diagnostic value and surgical implications of the magnetic resonance imaging in the management of adult patients with brachial plexus pathologies

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-101

  Gerevini, Simonetta ^a   Mandelli, Carlo ^a   Cadioli, Marcello ^b   Scotti, Giuseppe ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Injuries; MRI; Nerve sheath neoplasms; Polyneuropathies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; TISSUE SLICE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 39649109672     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-007-0292-3     Document Type: Article

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