Reinnervation of thenar muscle after repair of total brachial plexus avulsion injury with contralateral C7 root transfer: Report of five cases

Microsurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 323-326

  Wang, Li ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Gao, Kaiming ^a   Lao, Jie ^a   Gu, Yu Dong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THENAR;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TRANSFER; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; THUMB; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955771770     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20836     Document Type: Article

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