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<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">J Korean Orthop Assoc</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JKOA</journal-id>
<journal-title-group>
<journal-title>Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association</journal-title>
</journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="ppub">1226-2102</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">2005-8918</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>The Korean Orthopaedic Association</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4055/jkoa.1982.17.1.69</article-id>
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<subject>Original Article</subject>
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<title-group>
<article-title>Peripheral Nerve Injuries of the Upper Extremity</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Ahn</surname>
<given-names>Jin Hwan</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>

<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Yoo</surname>
<given-names>Myung Chul</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>

<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Kim</surname>
<given-names>Bong Kun</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>

<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Lim</surname>
<given-names>Hong Chul</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>

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<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>02</month>
<year>1982</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>23</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>17</volume>
<issue>1</issue>
<fpage>69</fpage>
<lpage>76</lpage>

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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1982 by The Korean Orthopaedic Association</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1982</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>The Korean Orthopaedic Association</copyright-holder>
<license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">
<license-p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</ext-link>) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p>
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<abstract>
<p>Ninety-one nerve injuries (median; 36, ulnar; 43, radial; 12) involving the upper extremity in 66 patients were studied over a twelve-month period. The results for the median, ulnar and radial nerves after nerve repair were analyzed with respect to the suture method, the age, the level of injury and the time interval from injury. The results were obtained as follows: 1. Sympathetic nerve function returned from 6 weeks (average) after operation. 2. There are better results in perineurial suture than in epineurial suture. 3. There are better results in under 16 years old than over 16 years. 4. There are better results in high level injury than in low level. 5. There are the best results in the delayed primary suture, the next in the primary suture and the last in the secondary suture. 6. Good recovery in motor function was observed in radial, median and ulnar nerve in order.</p>
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<kwd>Peripheral Nerve Injuries</kwd>
<kwd>Upper Extremity</kwd>
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