Brachial Plexus Injury Related to Patient Positioning

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 833-834

  Pillai, Anil Kumar ^a   Ferral, Hector ^a   Desai, Sudhen ^a   Paruchuri, Sudheer ^a   Asselmeier, Scott ^a   Perez Gautrin, Roberto ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMOBILIZATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE STABILIZATION; SUPINE POSITION;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 34250696514     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.04.033     Document Type: Article

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