Obstetric brachial plexus palsy: Treatment strategy, long-term results, and prognosis;Die plexusparese beim kind: Behandlungsstrategie, langzeitergebnisse und prognose

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 83-90

  Bahm, Jörg ^a   Ocampo Pavez, Claudia ^a   Disselhorst Klug, Catherine ^b   Sellhaus, Bernd ^c   Weis, Joachim ^c  

^a Franziskus Hospital Aachen   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microsurgery; Nerve lesion; Neurosurgery; Obstetrics; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD GROWTH; EXPERIENCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROWTH; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARESIS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61349097309     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2009.0083     Document Type: Review

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