Shoulder function following primary axillary nerve reconstruction in obstetrical brachial plexus patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1457-1469

  Terzis, Julia K ^a   Kokkalis, Zinon T ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY AXILLARY NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CHILD; INFANT; INNERVATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOVEMENT; NERVE TRANSFER; PARALYSIS, OBSTETRIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149161486     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181881f70     Document Type: Article

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