Surgical outcome of phrenic nerve transfer to the anterior division of the upper trunk in treating brachial plexus avulsion: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 383-385

  Dong, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Cheng Gang ^a   Gu, Yu Dong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Nerve injury; Nerve transfer; Neurotization; Phrenic nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHRENIC NERVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149086813     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.JNS081064     Document Type: Article

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