Patient satisfaction and disability after brachial plexus surgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Kretschmer, Thomas ^a   Ihle, Sarah ^a   Antoniadis, Gregor ^a   Seidel, Julia A ^a   Heinen, Christian ^a   Börm, Wolfgang ^a   Richter, Hans Peter ^a   König, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus surgery; Disability; Disability of the arm, hand, and shoulder questionnaire; Patient satisfaction; Return to work; Ulm Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 70350677027     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000335646.31980.33     Document Type: Article

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