Peripheral nerve injuries: An international survey of current treatments and future perspectives

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 339-344

  Scholz, Thomas ^a   Krichevsky, Alisa ^a   Sumarto, Andrew ^a   Jaffurs, Daniel ^a   Wirth, Garrett A ^a   Paydar, Keyianoosh ^a   Evans, Gregory R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; International survey; Peripheral nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNDERLAND CLASSIFICATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70049086067     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1215529     Document Type: Article

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