Trends in median, ulnar, radial, and brachioplexus nerve injuries in the United States

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 953-960

  Lad, Shivanand P ^a,b   Nathan, Jay K ^a   Schubert, Ryan D ^a   Boakye, Maxwell ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Demographics; Peripheral nerve injury; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SUTURE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULNAR NERVE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIAL NERVE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ULNAR NERVE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951694417     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000368545.83463.91     Document Type: Article

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