Brachial plexus surgery. An historical perspective
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Surface Electromyographic Biofeedback as a Rehabilitation Tool for Patients with Global Brachial Plexus Injury Receiving Bionic Reconstruction
Published on: September 28, 2019
Hand Clinics
|November 1, 1995
Abstract:
Clinical observations on brachial plexus palsy belong to the last decades of the 19th century. True brachial plexus surgery is even more recent, starting with the beginning of this century. Surgical endeavors on the plexus have been varied and have met with alternating fortunes, undertaken by surgeons in a fascinating blend of sheer enthusiasm and deep pessimism.
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