Peripheral nerve surgery: The role of high-resolution MR neurography

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-210

  Thawait, S K ^a   Wang, K ^b   Subhawong, T K ^b   Williams, E H ^c   Hashemi, S S ^c   Machado, A J ^b   Thawait, G K ^b   Soldatos, T ^b   Carrino, J A ^b   Chhabra, Avneesh ^b  

^a BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Dellon Institute for Peripheral Nerve Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRAXIA; AXONOTMESIS; HIGH RESOLUTION MAGNETIC RESONANCE NEUROGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRANEURAL FIBROSIS; MICROSURGERY; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE STUMP; NERVE SURGERY; NEURAPRAXIA; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROMA; NEUROTMESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 84863118640     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2465     Document Type: Review

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