Debates to personal conclusion in peripheral nerve injury and reconstruction: A 30-year experience at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Significant progress has been achieved in the science and management of peripheral nerve injuries over the past 40 years. Yet there are many questions and few answers. The author, with 30 years of experience in treating them at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, addresses debates on various issues wi...

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Main Author: David Chwei-Chin Chuang
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2016-05-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.191295
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description Significant progress has been achieved in the science and management of peripheral nerve injuries over the past 40 years. Yet there are many questions and few answers. The author, with 30 years of experience in treating them at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, addresses debates on various issues with personal conclusions. These include: (1) Degree of peripheral nerve injury, (2) Timing of nerve repair, (3)Technique of nerve repair, (4) Level of brachial plexus injury,(5) Level of radialnerve injury,(6) Traction avulsion amputation of major limb, (7) Proximal Vs distal nerve transfers in brachial plexus injuries and (8) Post paralysis facial synkinesis.
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spelling doaj-art-9167a9877dd240a49a886e777bddbc322025-08-20T01:58:27ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2016-05-01490214415010.4103/0970-0358.191295Debates to personal conclusion in peripheral nerve injury and reconstruction: A 30-year experience at Chang Gung Memorial HospitalDavid Chwei-Chin Chuang0Department of Plastic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei Linkou, TaiwanSignificant progress has been achieved in the science and management of peripheral nerve injuries over the past 40 years. Yet there are many questions and few answers. The author, with 30 years of experience in treating them at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, addresses debates on various issues with personal conclusions. These include: (1) Degree of peripheral nerve injury, (2) Timing of nerve repair, (3)Technique of nerve repair, (4) Level of brachial plexus injury,(5) Level of radialnerve injury,(6) Traction avulsion amputation of major limb, (7) Proximal Vs distal nerve transfers in brachial plexus injuries and (8) Post paralysis facial synkinesis.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.191295brachial plexusmicrosurgerynerve injurynerve repairperipheral nerve
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Debates to personal conclusion in peripheral nerve injury and reconstruction: A 30-year experience at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
brachial plexus
microsurgery
nerve injury
nerve repair
peripheral nerve
title Debates to personal conclusion in peripheral nerve injury and reconstruction: A 30-year experience at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
title_full Debates to personal conclusion in peripheral nerve injury and reconstruction: A 30-year experience at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
title_fullStr Debates to personal conclusion in peripheral nerve injury and reconstruction: A 30-year experience at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
title_full_unstemmed Debates to personal conclusion in peripheral nerve injury and reconstruction: A 30-year experience at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
title_short Debates to personal conclusion in peripheral nerve injury and reconstruction: A 30-year experience at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
title_sort debates to personal conclusion in peripheral nerve injury and reconstruction a 30 year experience at chang gung memorial hospital
topic brachial plexus
microsurgery
nerve injury
nerve repair
peripheral nerve
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.191295
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