Axillary nerve injury caused by intradeltoid muscular injection: A case report

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 493-495

  Choi, Ho Rim ^a   Kondo, Seiji ^a   Mishima, Shinji ^a   Shimizu, Takuya ^a   Hasegawa, Yukiharu ^a   Ida, Kunio ^a   Hirayama, Masaaki ^a   Iwata, Hisashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; INNERVATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ADULT; AXILLA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035459956     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mse.2001.114682     Document Type: Article

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