Brachial plexus injury with emphasis on axillary nerve paralysis after thoracoscopic sympathicotomy for axillary hyperhidrosis

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 432-434

  Chon, Soon Ho ^a   Suk Choi, Matthew Seung ^a  

^a Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Hyperhidrosis; Sympathicotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHICOTOMY; THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 33847637161     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sle.0000213724.26967.08     Document Type: Article

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