Nerve injury following shoulder dislocation: The emergency physician's perspective

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 233-235

  Ameh, Victor ^a,c   Crane, Steve ^b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nerve injury; Shoulder dislocation

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; ULNAR NERVE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL NERVE; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; ULNAR NERVE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33749450165     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000206190.62201.ad     Document Type: Article

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