Comparisons of outcomes from repair of median nerve and ulnar nerve defect with nerve graft and tubulization: A meta-analysis

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 451-459

  Yang, Mei ^a   Rawson, Jeremy L ^a   Zhang, Elizabeth W ^a   Arnold, Peter B ^a   Lineaweaver, William ^b   Zhang, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JM Still Burn and Reconstructive Center   (United States)

Author keywords

autologous graft; Nerve repair; tubulization

Indexed keywords

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREARM; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBULIZATION; ULNAR NERVE;

FOREARM INJURIES; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE TRANSFER; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 80052965374     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1281526     Document Type: Review

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