Brachial plexus injury due to compression: An alternate mechanism of injury: Case report and review of the literature

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 487-489

  Desai, Darius C ^a   Uribe, Alexander ^a   Lachman, Tim ^a  

^a LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECCHYMOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FALLING; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NERVE COMPRESSION;

AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030908039     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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