Open AccessTrial of Contralateral Seventh Cervical Nerve Transfer for Spastic Arm Paralysis
Author(s) -
MouXiong Zheng,
XuYun Hua,
Juntao Feng,
Tie Li,
Ye-Chen Lu,
Yundong Shen,
Xiao-hua Cao,
Naiqing Zhao,
Jia-Ying Lyu,
JianGuang Xu,
Yudong Gu,
Wen-Dong Xu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1615208
Subject(s) - medicine , paralysis , spastic , physical medicine and rehabilitation , anatomy , surgery , cerebral palsy
Spastic limb paralysis due to injury to a cerebral hemisphere can cause long-term disability. We investigated the effect of grafting the contralateral C7 nerve from the nonparalyzed side to the paralyzed side in patients with spastic arm paralysis due to chronic cerebral injury.
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