Missile severances of the radial nerve. Results of 131 repairs

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1185-1192

  Roganovic, Z ^a,b   Petkovic, S ^a   Carlstedt, Thomas ^b   Mehta, Veer Singh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gunshot; Nerve injuries; Outcome; Peripheral nerves; Prognosis; Radial nerve; Treatment; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSILE WOUND; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE LESION; NERVE SUTURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8744297117     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0361-x     Document Type: Article

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