Morbidity following sural nerve harvesting: A prospective study

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1149-1152

  Martins, Roberto S ^a,b   Barbosa, Rafael A ^a   Siqueira, Mario G ^a   Soares, Matheus S ^a   Heise, Carlos Otto ^a   Foroni, Luciano ^a   Teixeira, Manoel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Nerve graft; Sural nerve; Sural nerve harvesting

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MALE; NERVE SURGERY; NEURECTOMY; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY EVALUATION; SURAL NERVE HARVESTING; TOUCH; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURAL NERVE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865484356     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.02.045     Document Type: Article

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