Use of quantitative intra-operative electrodiagnosis during partial ulnar nerve transfer to restore elbow flexion: The treatment of eight patients following a brachial plexus injury

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 364-369

  Suzuki, O ^a,b   Sunagawa, T ^a   Yokota, K ^a,b   Nakashima, Y ^a,b   Shinomiya, R ^a,b   Nakanishi, K ^a,b   Ochi, M ^a,b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952273578     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B3.24634     Document Type: Article

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