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The Effect of Age and the Delay before Surgery on the Outcomes of Intercostal Nerve Transfers to the Musculocutaneous Nerve: A Retrospective Study of 232 Cases of Posttraumatic Total and Near-total Brachial Plexus Injuries
Introduction Posttraumatic brachial plexus injuries are devastating, as the brain and spinal cord are disconnected from the upper limb. Restoration of elbow flexion has been widely recognized as the primary objective of nerve reconstruction. In the absence of utilizable (ruptured) root stumps in th...
Autores principales: | Bhatia, Anil, Kulkarni, Aditi, Zancolli, Pablo, Martinez, Raul Rodriguez, Clifton, Jorge, El-Gammal, Tarek, Muset, Alex |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd.
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7458838/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32884192 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1716081 |
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