Transfer of axillary nerve branches to reconstruct elbow extension in tetraplegics: A laboratory investigation of surgical feasibility

Microsurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 376-381

  Bertelli, Jayme Augusto ^a,b   Tacca, Cristiano Paulo ^a   Winkelmann Duarte, Elisa Cristiana ^c   Ghizoni, Marcos Flávio ^b   Duarte, Hamilton ^c  

^a HOSPITAL GOVERNADOR CELSO RAMOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY NERVE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; ELBOW EXTENSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; POSTERIOR DELTOID MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TERES MINOR MUSCLE; THORACODORSAL NERVE;

AXILLA; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELBOW; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79955649132     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20883     Document Type: Article

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