Functional outcome thirty years after median and ulnar nerve repair in childhood and adolescence

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 329-337

  Chemnitz, A ^a   Bjorkman A ^a   Dahlin, L B ^a   Rosen B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARM INJURY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD INTOLERANCE SYMPTOM SEVERITY; COLD SENSITIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; INFANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KNIFE CUT; LEISURE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN NERVE INJURY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROLYSIS; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROSEN SCORE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSIBILITY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SURAL NERVE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON INJURY; TENDON TRANSFER; TIME TO TREATMENT; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE INJURY; VIBRATION SENSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK; WRIST INJURY; YOUNG ADULT; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SWEDEN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOREARM INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877928939     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00074     Document Type: Article

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