Nerve Transfers for Brachial Plexus Reconstruction

Hand Clinics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-361

  Colbert, Stephen H ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; HAND FUNCTION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TRANSFER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 53549110246     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2008.07.001     Document Type: Review

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