Hourglass-like constrictions of peripheral nerve in the upper extremity: A clinical review and pathological study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-22

  Pan, Yongwei ^a   Wang, Shufeng ^a   Zheng, Danfeng ^b   Tian, Wen ^a   Tian, Guanglei ^a   Ho, Pak Cheong ^c   Cheng, Hi Shan ^c   Zhong, Yanfeng ^b  

^a Beijing Jishuitan Hospital   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hourglass like constriction; Nerve palsy; Neuralgic amyotrophy; Parsonage Turner syndrome; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROLYSIS; NEURORRHAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE HOURGLASS LIKE CONSTRICTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND; ADOLESCENT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PARALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902826496     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000350     Document Type: Review

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