Epidemiology of brachial plexus injury in the pediatric multitrauma population in the United States: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 573-577

  Dorsi, Michael J ^a   Wesley, Hsu ^a   Belzberg, Allan J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; National pediatric trauma registry; Nerve injury; Prevalence; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON INJURY; CONCUSSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTESTINE INJURY; JAW FRACTURE; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; SCAPULA; SKULL FRACTURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPLEEN INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; REGISTRIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953147002     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.PEDS09538     Document Type: Article

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