Axillary nerve reconstruction in 176 posttraumatic plexopathy patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 233-247

  Terzis, Julia K ^a   Barmpitsioti, Antonia ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE TRANSFER; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149184677     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c496e4     Document Type: Article

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