Sonographic evaluation of the sciatic nerve in patients with lower-limb amputations

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 763-766

  Göktepe, A Salim ^a   Özçakar, Levent ^b   Kömürcü, Erkam ^a   Safaz, Ismail ^a   Yazicioǧlu, Kamil ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypertrophy; Lower limb amputation; Neuroma; Sciatic nerve; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; KNEE; LEG; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SARCOMA; SCIATIC NERVE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953045073     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21607     Document Type: Article

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