Nerve transfer surgery for adult brachial plexus injury: A 10-year experience at Louisiana State University

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Sulaiman, Olawale A R ^a   Kim, Daniel D ^b   Burkett, Clint ^c   Kline, David G ^d  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Chronic Schwann cell denervation; Functional recovery; Nerve injuries; Nerve transfers; Neurotization

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARALYSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350657302     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000341165.83218.AC     Document Type: Article

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