Clinical outcomes following median to radial nerve transfers

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-208

  Ray, Wilson Z ^a   MacKinnon, Susan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brachial plexus; median nerve; Nerve transfer; neurotization; radial nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RADIAL NERVE PALSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIAL NERVE; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251646597     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.09.034     Document Type: Article

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