Video-assisted thoracoscopic dissection of the brachial plexus: Cadaveric study and illustrative case

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Morgan, Chad J ^a   Lyons, Jefferson ^a   Ling, Benjamin C ^a   Maher, P Colby ^a   Bohinski, Robert J ^b,c   Keller, Jeffrey T ^b,c   Howington, John A ^a   Kuntz IV, Charles ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c Spine Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Neurofibroma; Tumor; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FIRST RIB; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; NEUROFIBROMA; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 33646197692     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000204657.56274.86     Document Type: Article

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