Nerve transfer to the triceps after brachial plexus injury: Report of four cases

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 398-405

  Pet, Mitchell A ^a   Ray, Wilson Z ^a   Yee, Andrew ^a   MacKinnon, Susan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brachial plexus injury; elbow extension; Nerve transfer; triceps muscle; ulnar fascicular transfer

Indexed keywords

RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; ELBOW INJURY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; RADIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952294414     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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