Selective neurectomy of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles for calf hypertrophy: An anatomical study and 700 clinical cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 178-187

  Tsai, Feng Chou ^a   Mardini, Samir ^a   Fong, Tsorng Harn ^a   Kang, Jiunn Horng ^a   Chou, Chih Ming ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DENERVATION; DISABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; LEG EDEMA; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEURECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTROPHY; INNERVATION; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; CADAVER; DENERVATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 48049093718     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181774199     Document Type: Article

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