Transfer of a fascicle from the posterior cord to the suprascapular nerve after injury of the upper roots of the brachial plexus: Technical case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Martins, Roberto Sergio ^a,b   Siqueira, Mario Gilberto ^a   Heise, Carlos Otto ^a   Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b University of São Paulo School of Medicine ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accessory nerve; Brachial plexus injury; Brachial plexus repair; Nerve root avulsion; Nerve transfer; Neurotization; Suprascapular nerve

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ARM; BICYCLING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; DENERVATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TRANSFER; PARALYSIS; SHOULDER; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349745153     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000354367.90960.A7     Document Type: Article

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