Vascularized ulnar nerve graft: 151 reconstructions for posttraumatic brachial plexus palsy

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1276-1291

  Terzis, Julia K ^a   Kostopoulos, Vasileios K ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749090994     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31819f2afd     Document Type: Article

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