Brachial Plexus Injury: The London Experience with Supraclavicular Traction Lesions

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-23

  Birch, Rolfe ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injuries; Neuropathic pain; Timing of repair

Indexed keywords

AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; REVIEW;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; LONDON; NERVE TRANSFER; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57149144853     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2008.08.002     Document Type: Review

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