Subclinical injury to forearm nerves during radial harvesting: Electrophysiologic study

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-154

  Doǧan, Orhan V ^a,b   Düzgün, Cemal ^a   Özeren, Murat ^a   Alanoǧlu, Ece ^a   Doǧan, Süheyla ^b   Şimşek, Erdal ^a   Yücel, Ertan ^a  

^a Social Security Institution   (Turkey)

^b Physiotherapy Clinic ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL NERVE; RANDOMIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33645210635     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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