Positioning for the Nuss procedure: Avoiding brachial plexus injury

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1067-1071

  Fox, Mary E ^a,b   Bensard, Denis D ^a   Brent Roaten, J ^a   Hendrickson, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuss technique; Patient positioning; Pectus excavatum; Peripheral nerve injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARM; ARTHROSCOPY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; DEVICE; FUNNEL CHEST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUSS PROCEDURE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX INJURY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTURE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 33644875365     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01630.x     Document Type: Review

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