Repair of complete nerve lacerations at the forearm: An outcome study using Rosén-Lundborg protocol

Microsurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 253-262

  Galanakos, Spyridon P ^a   Zoubos, Aristides B ^b   Ignatiadis, Ioannis ^a   Papakostas, Ioannis ^a   Gerostathopoulos, Nikolaos E ^a   Soucacos, Panayotis N ^b  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; ULNAR NERVE; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOREARM; FOREARM INJURIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955786799     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20845     Document Type: Article

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