Double free gracilis muscle transfer after complete brachial plexus injury: First Canadian experience
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Double free gracilis muscle transfer after complete brachial plexus injury: First Canadian experience.
Traumatic brachial plexus root avulsions are devastating injuries, and are complex and challenging to reconstruct. Double free muscle transfer using the gracilis muscles is a potentially effective method of restoring upper extremity function. The authors report on the first two patients treated using this technique in Canada. Both sustained traumatic brachial plexus root avulsion injuries resul...
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عنوان ژورنال: Plastic Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2292-5503
DOI: 10.4172/plastic-surgery.1000845