Ulnar nerve injury and perioperative arm positioning

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 351-365

  Prielipp, Richard C ^a   Morell, Robert C ^a   Butterworth, John ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0036717868     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8537(02)00009-3     Document Type: Review

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