Infraclavicular brachial plexus injury following axillary regional block

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-48

  Tsao, Bryan E ^a   Wilbourn, Asa J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary block; Brachial plexus; Electrodiagnosis; Iatrogenic injury; Peripheral nerves; Plexopathy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARM DISEASE; ARTERIOGRAPHY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRODIALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL BRACHIAL FASCIAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; MEDIAN NERVE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; ULNAR NERVE;

AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CLAVICLE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3042773724     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20066     Document Type: Review

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