Functional outcome following nerve repair in the upper extremity using processed nerve allograft

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2340-2349

  Cho, Mickey S ^b   Rinker, Brian D ^b   Weber, Renata V ^b   Chao, Jerome D ^b   Ingari, John V ^b   Brooks, Darrell ^a   Buncke, Gregory M ^b  

^a Buncke Clinic   (United States)

^b SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve graft; nerve injury; nerve regeneration; peripheral nerve; processed nerve allograft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE ALLOGRAFT; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGISTRIES; SENSATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867856397     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.08.028     Document Type: Article

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