Pain after avulsion injuries and complete palsy of the brachial plexus: The possible role of nonavulsed roots in pain generation

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1104-1113

  Bertelli, Jayme A ^a,b,d   Ghizoni, Marcos F ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL GOVERNADOR CELSO RAMOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c Clinical Research Center of Nossa Senhora da Conceição Hospital   (Brazil)

^d Praça Getulio Vargas 322   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Avulsion injuries; Brachial plexus; Deafferentation pain; Nerve grafting; Neuroinflammation; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; INJURY; NEURALGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE TRANSFER; NEURALGIA; PARALYSIS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49049117904     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000325872.37258.12     Document Type: Article

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