Intraoperative positioning nerve injuries

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-18

  Winfree, Christopher J ^a   Kline, David G ^b  

^a Columbia U ^*  (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Intraoperative complications; Peripheral nerve; Positioning; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GABAPENTIN;

AXILLARY NERVE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LATERAL FEMORAL CUTANEOUS NERVE; LINGUAL NERVE; LONG THORACIC NERVE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OBTURATOR NERVE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PERONEUS NERVE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUDENDAL NERVE; RADIAL NERVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; SPLINT; SUPRAORBITAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 11444269860     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2004.03.024     Document Type: Article

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