Injuries to the spinal accessory nerve: A lesson to surgeons

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-67

  Camp, S J ^a,b   Birch, R ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER PAIN; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651248593     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B1.24202     Document Type: Article

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