Restoration of shoulder function and elbow flexion by nerve transfer for poliomyelitis-like paralysis caused by enterovirus 71 infection
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Structured Motor Rehabilitation After Selective Nerve Transfers
Published on: August 15, 2019
S Funahashi1, A Nagano, M Sano
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan. funal5@hama-med.ac.jp
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume
|February 27, 2007
Abstract:
We report the case of an eight-month-old girl who presented with a poliomyelitis-like paralysis in her left upper limb caused by enterovirus 71 infection. She recovered useful function after nerve transfers performed six months after the onset of paralysis. Early neurotisation can be used successfully in the treatment of poliomyelitis-like paralysis in children.
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