Injury
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 312-318 , March 2010

Shoulder reanimation in posttraumatic brachial plexus paralysis

  • Marios D. Vekris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Ioannina 45110, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +30 26510 97472; fax: +30 26510 97018.
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  • Alexandros E. Beris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Ioannina 45110, Greece
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  • Dimitrios Pafilas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Ioannina 45110, Greece
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  • Marios G. Lykissas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Ioannina 45110, Greece
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  • Theodoros A. Xenakis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Ioannina 45110, Greece
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  • Panayotis N. Soucacos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

,Accepted 4 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.09.009

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