Sciatic nerve injection palsy in the child: Early microsurgical treatment and long-term results

Microsurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 443-448

  Senes, Filippo M ^a,b   Campus, Riccardo ^a   Becchetti, Flavio ^a   Catena, Nunzio ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INJECTION SITE NERVE DAMAGE; LONG TERM CARE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

BUTTOCKS; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349270617     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20632     Document Type: Article

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