Painful pectoralis major myospasm as a result of sternal wound reconstruction: Complete resolution with bilateral pectoral neurectomies

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 798-800

  Mast, Bruce A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NEURECTOMY; PAIN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVASCULARIZATION; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; TISSUE FLAP; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032838018     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199909010-00029     Document Type: Article

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