Brachial plexus injury as an unusual complication of coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 928, 2003, Pages 84-86

  Chong, A Y ^a   Clarke, C E ^b   Dimitri, W R ^c   Lip, G Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; STERNUM;

ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0344687393     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.928.84     Document Type: Review

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