The prefixed and postfixed brachial plexus: A review with surgical implications

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-260

  Pellerin, Megan ^a   Kimball, Zachary ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   Nguyen, Snow ^a   Matusz, Petru ^c   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^d,e   Loukas, Marios ^a  

^a St George's University   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^d Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C4 spinal nerve; Prefixed and postfixed brachial plexus; T2 spinal nerve

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DERMATOME; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; ARM; CERVICAL SPINE; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; REVIEW; SPINAL ROOT;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 77953925484     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-009-0619-3     Document Type: Article

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