Innovative treatment of peripheral nerve injuries: Combined reconstructive concepts

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-187

  Ducic, Ivica ^a   Fu, Rose ^a   Iorio, Matthew L ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

allograft; nerve conduit; nerve graft; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84856621928     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3182361b23     Document Type: Review

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