Preliminary results of double nerve transfer to restore elbow flexion in upper type brachial plexus palsies

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¹ Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Department of Surgery; Washington University School of Medicine; One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza; Suite 17424 East Pavilion; St. Louis, Mo. 63110; mackinnons@wustl.edu.

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Susan E Mackinnon. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Oct.

. 2006 Oct;118(5):1273.

doi: 10.1097/01.prs.0000238220.56097.4e.

¹ Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Department of Surgery; Washington University School of Medicine; One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza; Suite 17424 East Pavilion; St. Louis, Mo. 63110; mackinnons@wustl.edu.

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Preliminary results of double nerve transfer to restore elbow flexion in upper type brachial plexus palsies.
Liverneaux PA, Diaz LC, Beaulieu JY, Durand S, Oberlin C. Liverneaux PA, et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Mar;117(3):915-9. doi: 10.1097/01.prs.0000200628.15546.06. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006. PMID: 16525285

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