James R. Learmonth: the first peripheral nerve surgeon
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Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface: Surgical Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial in Postamputation Pain
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1Department of Plastic and Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
|May 10, 2000
Abstract:
The life and education of James R. Learmonth are reviewed. His experimental and clinical activities place him historically as the first surgeon to devote himself to peripheral nerve surgery.
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