Partial Ulnar Nerve Transfer to the Nerve to the Biceps for the Treatment of Brachial Plexopathy in Metastatic Breast Carcinoma: Case Report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-82

  Wong, Manzhi ^a   Tang, Aymeric Lim Yu ^a   Umapathi, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brachial plexopathy; breast carcinoma; Oberlin

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; ULNAR NERVE;

AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TRANSFER; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 58149090884     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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