Missile-caused ulnar nerve injuries: Outcomes of 128 repairs

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1120-1128

  Roganovic, Zoran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Gunshot; Nerve injuries; Outcome; Treatment; Ulnar nerve; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MISSILE WOUND; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUTURING METHOD; ULNAR NERVE; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 8744276423     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000142353.92119.FE     Document Type: Article

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