Brachial plexus injury following median sternotomy

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-237

  Ünlü, Yahya ^a,b   Velioǧlu, Yusuf ^a   Koçak, Hikmet ^a   Becit, Necip ^a   Ceviz, Münacettin ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Complications; Nerve damage; Sternotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARESTHESIA; POSTURE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 34247143362     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.137380     Document Type: Conference Paper

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