Delayed recovery of radial nerve function after axillary block in a patient receiving ipsilateral ulnar nerve transposition surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-53

  Liu, Hsu Tang ^a   Yu, Ya Sheng ^a   Liu, Chen Kun ^a   Sung, Chun Sung ^a   Chiou, Hong Jen ^b   Tsou, Mei Yung ^b   Tsai, Shen Kou ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Hamatoma; Local; Nerve block; Radial nerve

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CASE REPORT; ECCHYMOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND FUNCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; ULNAR NERVE;

AGED; AXILLA; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; RADIAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 16844362195     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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