Clinical Application of Pectoral Nerve Transfers in the Treatment of Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1100-1107

  Stockinger, Theresa ^a   Aszmann, Oskar C ^a   Frey, Manfred ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; distal nerve transfer; pectoral nerves

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; THORACIC NERVES; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50249163789     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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