The supination deformity and associated deformities of the upper limb in severe birth lesions of the brachial plexus

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 511-516

  Yam, A ^a   Fullilove, S ^a   Sinisi, M ^a   Fox, M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MALFORMATION; BIRTH INJURY; BODY POSTURE; BONE MATURATION; BONE PLATE BREAKAGE; BONE REMODELING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ELBOW DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; OVERPRONATION; PARENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; ROTATION; SHOULDER DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; WRIST DISEASE;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECURRENCE; SHOULDER JOINT; SUPINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 63849189647     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B4.22204     Document Type: Review

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