Bilateral brachial plexus palsy after a right-side modified radical mastectomy with immediate TRAM flap reconstruction

Breast Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-43

  Grunwald, Zvi ^a,b   Moore, John H ^a   Schwartz, Gordon F ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Brachial plexus injury; Complications; Positioning

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MASTECTOMY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PARALYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0037269891     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2003.09114.x     Document Type: Article

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