Post cardiac surgery phrenic nerve palsy: Value of plication and potential for recovery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-184

  Van Onna, Illze E W ^a   Metz, Roderik ^a   Jekel, Lilian ^a   Woolley, Stephen R ^a   Van De Wal, Henry J C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diaphragmatic plication; Paediatric cardiac surgery; Phrenic nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0031710032     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(98)00147-X     Document Type: Article

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