Sural nerve grafting for long defects of the femoral nerve after resection of a retroperitoneal tumour

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1097-1100

  Tsuchihara, T ^a   Nemoto, K ^a   Arino, H ^a   Amako, M ^a   Murakami, H ^a   Yoshizumi, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMORAL NERVE INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEURILEMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; NEURILEMMOMA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 53649102855     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B8.20428     Document Type: Article

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