Nerve injury in severe trauma with upper extremity involvement: evaluation of 49,382 patients from the TraumaRegister DGU® between 2002 and 2015

Abstract Background Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) as an adjunct lesion in patients with upper extremity trauma has not been investigated in a Central European setting so far, despite of its devastating long-term consequences. This study evaluates a large multinational trauma registry for prevalence,...

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Main Authors: Torge Huckhagel, Jakob Nüchtern, Jan Regelsberger, Rolf Lefering, TraumaRegister DGU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-018-0546-6