Targeted Muscle Reinnervation: A Novel Approach to Postamputation Neuroma Pain

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 472, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2984-2990

  Souza, Jason M ^a   Cheesborough, Jennifer E ^a   Ko, Jason H ^b   Cho, Mickey S ^c   Kuiken, Todd A ^d   Dumanian, Gregory A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MYOELECTRIC CONTROL; MYOELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED PROSTHESIS; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROMA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGETED MUSCLE REINNERVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGNOSIA; AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARM INJURY; DISABLED PERSON; INNERVATION; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE REGENERATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTEES; ARM INJURIES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; CHICAGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; NEUROMA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM LIMB; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908610184     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3528-7     Document Type: Article

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