Total obstetric brachial plexus palsy: Results and strategy of microsurgical reconstruction

Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-178

  El Gammal, Tarek A ^a   El Sayed, Amr ^a   Kotb, Mohamed M ^a   Ragheb, Yasser Farouk ^a   Saleh, Waleed Riad ^a   Elnakeeb, Ramy Mohamed ^b   Semaya, Ahmad El Sayed ^c  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b Damanhour National Medical Institute   (Egypt)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ACCESSORY NERVE; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INNERVATION; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE ROOT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROMA; ONSET AGE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; ROTATION; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SPINAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON TRANSFER; WRIST;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARALYSIS, OBSTETRIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 77950457263     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20726     Document Type: Article

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