Postoperative bilateral brachial plexopathy mimicking the "man-in-the-barrel" syndrome

Neurologia

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 388-390

  Fonceaa, N ^a   Yurrebaso, I ^a   Gomez Beldarrain M ^a   Garcia Monco J C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

Author keywords

"Man in the barrel" syndrome; Brain watershed infarcts; Neurological complications of surgery; Prachial plexus; Systemic hypotension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNDROME;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYNDROME;

EID: 2242425386     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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