Dual reinnervation of biceps muscle after side-to-side anastomosis of an intact median nerve and a damaged musculocutaneous nerve

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 929-933

  Cage, Tene A ^a   Simon, Neil G ^a   Bourque, Suzanne ^a   Noss, Roger ^a   Engstrom, John W ^a   Ralph, Jeffrey W ^a   Kliot, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Nerve injury; Peripheral nerve; Reinnervation; Side to side anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885348034     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.5.JNS122359     Document Type: Article

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