Medial pectoral nerve to musculocutaneous nerve neurotization for the treatment of persistent birth-related brachial plexus palsy: An 11-year institutional experience - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 348-353

  Wellons III, John C ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Pugh, Jeffrey A ^a   Bradley, Nadine J ^a   Law, Charles R ^a   Grabb, Paul A ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Memorial Hospital Central   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm; Erb palsy; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INNERVATION; MEDIAL PECTORAL NERVE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELBOW; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE TRANSFER; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; THORACIC NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649124663     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.11.PEDS08166     Document Type: Article

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