Navigating the gray zone: A guideline for surgical decision making in obstetrical brachial plexus injuries: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-180

  Bain, James R ^a,c   DeMatteo, Carol ^a,b,c   Gjertsen, Deborah ^c   Hollenberg, Robert D ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Obstetrical brachial plexus injury; Outcome; Prospective inception cohort; Recovery pattern; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSTETRIC BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; INJURY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 64849116098     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.12.PEDS0885     Document Type: Article

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