Biology and Medicine

Texas Tech University Health Science Center El Paso Paul L Foster School of Medicine, 5001 El Paso Drive, El Paso, TX 79905, USA

Publications

• Mini Review   
  A New Classification of Iatrogenic Peripheral Nerve Injuries
  Author(s): Jordan T Carter*, John J Pisquiy, Michael Polmear, Rami Khalifa and Gilberto Gonzalez
  
  Iatrogenic causes of nerve injuries make up to 17.4% of all traumatic peripheral nerve injuries. Despite significant medicolegal implications, there is no accepted classification system. In this article we propose a new classification system for iatrogenic peripheral nerve injuries: 1) Injury to the nerve when the nerve was not the target of the treatment; 2) Injury to the nerve when the nerve was targeted for intervention but not repair; 3) Injury to the nerve when the nerve was targeted for harvest or repair of another nerve. .. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/0974-8369.20.12.464

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