Brachial Plexus Neuropathy following Open-heart Surgery

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-410

  Tajiri, Osamu ^a   Tateda, Takeshi ^a   Sugihara, Haruhisa ^a   Yokoyama, Hideo ^a   Nishikido, Osamu ^a   Mukumoto, Chisako ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus neuropathy; General anesthesia; Open heart surgery

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STERNOTOMY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 2442611957     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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