Does radial artery harvesting for coronary revascularization cause neurological injury in the forearm and hand?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 420-424

  Ikizler, Murat ^a   Ozkan, Serhat ^a   Dernek, Sadettin ^a   Ozdemir, Coskun ^a   Erdinc, Oguz O ^a   Sevin, Behcet ^a   Ozdemir, Gazi ^a   Kural, Tugrul ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complication; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary revascularization; Forearm; Graft; Hand; Neurologic complication; Neurological injury; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DECELERATION; DONOR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 23844515413     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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