Clinical experience with end-to-side nerve transfer

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 438-443

  Pienaar, C ^a   Swan, Marc C ^a,b   de Jager, W ^a   Solomons, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; End to side; Nerve transfer; Neurorrhaphy; Terminolateral

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONVALESCENCE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVE TRANSFER; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 4444241221     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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