The selection of patients who will benefit from peripheral nerve surgery continues to evolve. The evaluation of patients with peripheral nerve problems, and the indications and timing of surgery are reviewed. This includes patients with transections, lesions in continuity, entrapments, tumors, injec
Contemporary treatment of peripheral nerve and brachial plexus lesions
โ Scribed by Vinko V. Dolenc
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 727 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0344-5607
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