Traumatic peripheral nerve injury: A wartime review

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 998-1001

  Yegiyants, Sara ^a   Dayicioglu, Deniz ^a   Kardashian, George ^b   Panthaki, Zubin Jal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

pathophysiology; Peripheral nerve injury; surgery of peripheral nerves

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB; METHODOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; WAR;

EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; WAR;

EID: 77955090746     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181e17aef     Document Type: Article

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