Nerve transfers for the upper extremity: New horizons in nerve reconstruction

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 506-517

  Lee, Steve K ^a   Wolfe, Scott W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ARM; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NOMENCLATURE; PHRENIC NERVE; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; TENODESIS; TRANSPLANTATION; ULNAR NERVE;

ACCESSORY NERVE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE TRANSFER; PHRENIC NERVE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENODESIS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; THORACIC NERVES; ULNAR NERVE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84865996613     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/JAAOS-20-08-506     Document Type: Review

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