Outcomes of secondary shoulder reconstruction in obstetrical brachial plexus palsy

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1812-1822

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

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; JOINT FUNCTION; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; SHOULDER SURGERY; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CONVALESCENCE; INNERVATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149377061     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31818cc1fc     Document Type: Article

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