Outcome following Nerve Repair of High Isolated Clean Sharp Injuries of the Ulnar Nerve

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Post, René ^a   de Boer, Kornelis S ^a   Malessy, Martijn J A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROSEN SCALE INSTRUMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NETHERLANDS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867656692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047928     Document Type: Article

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