Very distal sensory nerve transfers in high median nerve lesions

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 387-393

  Bertelli, Jayme Augusto ^a,b   Ghizoni, Marcos Flávio ^a,b  

^a Governador Celso Ramos Hospital   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Median nerve lesion; nerve grafting; nerve repair; nerve transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FINGER; HAND PALM; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARM INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; NERVE TRANSFER; RADIAL NERVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952311176     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.11.049     Document Type: Article

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