Bilateral occipital neuropathy as a rare complication of positioning for thyroid surgery in a morbidly obese patient

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 126-127

  Schulz Stubner S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuropathy; Occipital nerve; Positioning

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; RECOMBINANT HUMAN INSULIN; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; MORBID OBESITY; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL NEUROPATHY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERFUSION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTURE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0347986581     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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