Iatrogenous injuries Part 1: General considerations

Surgical Disorders of the Peripheral Nerves

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 483-525

  Birch, Rolfe ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Hospital for Sick Children   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^e RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Royal Navy ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g War Nerve Injuries Clinic   (United Kingdom)

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