Iatrogenic injury to the long thoracic nerve: An underestimated cause of morbidity after cardiac surgery

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 315-317

  Bizzarri, Federico ^a   Davoli, Giuseppe ^a   Bouklas, Dimitri ^a   Oricchio, Luca ^a   Frati, Giacomo ^a   Neri, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injuries; Cardiac surgical procedures adverse effects; Coronary artery bypass adverse effects; Informed consent; Malpractice; Myocardial revascularization adverse effects; Nerve compression syndromes etiology; Pain, postoperative; Peripheral nervous system diseases etiology; Physician patient relations; Scapula injuries; Thoracic nerves injuries; Truth disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LAW SUIT; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE INJURY; RADIAL ARTERY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; INJURY; INNERVATION; LEGAL LIABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE; SCAPULA; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; EXERCISE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HYPERTENSION; PARESIS; RISK FACTOR; TRIPLE VESSEL DISEASE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCAPULA; THORACIC NERVES;

EID: 0035543931     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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