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

Biography

Dr. Gilberto Gonzalez is an associate professor works at the Texas Tech University Health Science Center El Paso Paul L Foster School of Medicine, 5001 El Paso Drive, El Paso, TX 79905, USA. He contributed many research works and recently published article include A New Classification of Iatrogenic Peripheral Nerve Injuries

 

Publications

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  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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