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Lindsay E Janes1, Megan E Fracol1, Gregory A Dumanian1

  • 1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 675 North St. Clair Street, Suite 19-250, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.

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Nerve transferNeuromaNeuropathic painTargeted muscle reinnervation

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