Postoperative ulnar neuropathy associated with prolonged ischemia in the upper extremity during coronary artery bypass surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1275-1277

  Swenson, Jeffrey D ^a   Bull, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

ARM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTURE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0031431397     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199712000-00017     Document Type: Article

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