Neurological recovery across a 12-cm-long ulnar nerve gap repaired 3.25 years post trauma: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Kuffler, Damien P ^a   Reyes, Onix ^b   Sosa, Ivan J ^a   Santiago Figueroa, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Doctor's Center Hospital   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Nerve gaps; Nerve trauma; Neuropathic pain; Platelet rich fibrin

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN IMPLANT; FIBRIN;

ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; ULNAR NERVE GAP; VIBRATION;

COLLAGEN; FIBRIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURAL NERVE; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 80955151452     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31822a9fd2     Document Type: Article

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