Outcomes of secondary reconstruction of ulnar nerve lesions: Our experience

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1100-1110

  Terzis, Julia K ^a   Kokkalis, Zinon T ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERFASCICULAR NEUROLYSIS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE INJURY; WORK EXPERIENCE; ADOLESCENT; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; TIME; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 53149084897     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181858f67     Document Type: Article

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