Nerve Root Replantation

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-50

  Carlstedt, Thomas ^a,b,c  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Functional recovery; Pain; Plasticity; Spinal cord replantation; Spinal nerve root avulsion

Indexed keywords

AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MOBILIZATION; MOTONEURON; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RADICULOPATHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 57049169758     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2008.07.020     Document Type: Review

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