Compression of the brachial plexus in a patient with false aneurysm of the axillary artery as a result of anterior shoulder dislocation

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 278-279

  Helm, Anthony T ^a   Watson, J Stewart ^a  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARM EDEMA; ARTERY PERFORATION; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HAND; HEMATOMA; INCISION; JOINT CAPSULE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SUBCLAVIAN ANGIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; MALE; SHOULDER DISLOCATION;

DACRON;

EID: 0036559550     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mse.2002.122231     Document Type: Article

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