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Intraoperative Brief Electrical Stimulation of the Spinal Accessory Nerve (BEST SPIN) for prevention of shoulder dysfunction after oncologic neck dissection: a double-blinded, randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Shoulder dysfunction is common after neck dissection for head and neck cancer (HNC). Brief electrical stimulation (BES) is a novel technique that has been shown to enhance neuronal regeneration after nerve injury by modulating the brain-derived neurotrophic growth factor (BDNF) pathways....

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Autores principales: Barber, Brittany, Seikaly, Hadi, Ming Chan, K., Beaudry, Rhys, Rychlik, Shannon, Olson, Jaret, Curran, Matthew, Dziegielewski, Peter, Biron, Vincent, Harris, Jeffrey, McNeely, Margaret, O’Connell, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5781293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29361981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40463-017-0244-9