Transfer of brachialis branch of musculocutaneous nerve for finger flexion: Anatomic study and case report

Microsurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 358-362

  Gu, Yudong ^a   Wang, Huan ^a   Zhang, Liyin ^a   Zhang, Gaomeng ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Chen, Lin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CADAVER; CLAVICLE; DISSECTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE TRANSFER; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4744372579     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20053     Document Type: Article

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