Bypass coaptation for cervical root avulsion: Indications for optimal outcome

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Yamada, Shokei ^a   Lonser, Russell R ^b   Colohan, Austin R T ^a   Yamada, Shoko M ^c   Won, Daniel J ^d  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bypass coaptation; Cervical root avulsion; Nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BYPASS COAPTATION; CERVICAL ROOT AVULSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ERB DUCHENNE PALSY; FEMALE; FLAIL ARM; HUMAN; KLUMPKE PARALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NERVE SURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; PARALYSIS; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350660874     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000358615.92344.D1     Document Type: Article

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