Free muscle transfer in posttraumatic plexopathies: Part 1: The shoulder

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-317

  Terzis, Julia K ^a,b   Kostopoulos, Vasileios K ^b  

^a Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult plexopathies; Double muscle transfer (adductor longus and gracilis); Free latissimus dorsi transfer; Free muscle transfer; Shoulder reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CONVALESCENCE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INNERVATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TRANSFER; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRGINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957980476     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181cbfe9d     Document Type: Article

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