Outcome of axillary nerve injuries treated with nerve grafts

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 535-540

  Okazaki, M ^a   Al Shawi, A ^a   Gschwind, C R ^a   Warwick, D J ^a   Tonkin, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axillary nerve; brachial plexus; nerve graft; reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052841170     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193411406477     Document Type: Article

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