Blood pressure cuff compression injury of the radial nerve

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 306-308

  Lin, Chih Che ^a,b   Jawan, Bruno ^a,b   De Villa, Ma Vanessa H ^a,b   Chen, Feng Chi ^a,b   Liu, Po Ping ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Surgery ^*

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Complications; Neuropathy; Peripheral; Radial nerve; Radial nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HAND; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MONITOR; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE INJURY; PARESTHESIA; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RADIAL NERVE;

EID: 0034930294     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(01)00262-8     Document Type: Article

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