Double fascicular nerve transfer to the biceps and brachialis muscles after brachial plexus injury: Clinical outcomes in a series of 29 cases - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1520-1528

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

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Double fascicular transfer; Musculocutaneous nerve; Nerve transfer; Neurotization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR SITE; DOUBLE FASCICULAR NERVE TRANSFER; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PINCH STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TRANSFER; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957977189     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.JNS10810     Document Type: Article

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