Brachial plexus injury from CT-guided RF ablation under general anesthesia

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 646-648

  Shankar, Sridhar ^a,b   Vansonnenberg, Eric ^a   Silverman, Stuart G ^a   Tuncali, Kemal ^a   Flanagan Jr , Hugh L ^a   Whang, Edward E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; CT; General anesthesia; RF ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOLOGIST; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CATHETER ABLATION; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARALYSIS; POSTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 25444484452     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-004-0282-3     Document Type: Article

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