Evaluation of single-, double-, and triple-nerve transfers for shoulder abduction in 90 patients with supraclavicular brachial plexus injury

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1470-1478

  Cardenas Mejia, Alexander ^a   O'Boyle, Ciaran P ^a   Chen, Kuang Te ^a   Chuang, David Chwei Chin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPRACLAVICULAR BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ACCESSORY NERVE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; INFANT; INJURY; INNERVATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHRENIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; PHRENIC NERVE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 58149166614     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181881fc5     Document Type: Article

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