Types and severity of operated supraclavicular brachial plexus injuries caused by traffic accidents

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1293-1297

  Kaiser, Radek ^a   Waldauf, Petr ^b   Haninec, Pavel ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Epidemiology; Motorcycle accident; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BICYCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CAR; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUTOMOBILES; BICYCLING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLAVICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PARESIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865770718     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-012-1291-7     Document Type: Article

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