Outcomes with suprascapular nerve reconstruction in obstetrical brachial plexus patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1267-1278

  Terzis, Julia K ^a,b   Kostas, Ioannis ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Microsurgical Research Center Norfolk   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INNERVATION; JOINT STABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THERAPY DELAY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42949179495     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000305537.74910.bf     Document Type: Article

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