Contralateral C7 nerve root transfer in treatment of cerebral palsy in a child: Case report

Microsurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 404-408

  Xu, Wen Dong ^a,b   Hua, Xu Yun ^a,b   Zheng, Mou Xiong ^a,b   Xu, Jian Guang ^a,b   Gu, Yu Dong ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPOUND MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INCISION; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE ROOT TRANSFER; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF UPPER EXTREMITY SKILLS TEST; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RHIZOTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; SPINAL ROOT; SURAL NERVE; VISUAL ACUITY;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE TRANSFER; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 79960152088     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20877     Document Type: Article

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