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Timing and Decision-Making in Peripheral Nerve Trauma

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This chapter gives an overview about the relevance of timing in peripheral nerve reconstruction. Typical cases of peripheral nerve lesions a nerve surgeon may be confronted with are outlined. Algorithms and decision-making paradigms are presented in order to facilitate for the reader the subsumption of the information given in the following chapters.

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    Hans Assmus

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  1. Hannover Medical School, Institute of Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Hannover, Germany

    Kirsten Haastert-Talini

  2. Schriesheim, Germany

    Hans Assmus

  3. Peripheral Nerve Surgery Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Ulm, Günzburg, Bayern, Germany

    Gregor Antoniadis

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Assmus, H. (2017). Timing and Decision-Making in Peripheral Nerve Trauma. In: Haastert-Talini, K., Assmus, H., Antoniadis, G. (eds) Modern Concepts of Peripheral Nerve Repair. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52319-4_3

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