Permanent nerve injury in the forearm following radial artery harvest: A report of two cases

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 299-301

  Arons, Jeffrey A ^a   Collins, Nancy ^a   Arons, Marvin S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE SURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SENSORY NERVE;

FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032828624     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199909000-00013     Document Type: Article

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