Transient brachial plexus palsy following manipulation and local anaesthetic infiltration of a 'primary frozen shoulder'

CME Orthopaedics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 26-27

  Anil Kumar, P G ^a   Jacob, M B ^b   Newton, John ^c,e   Stewart, M P M ^d  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b South Bucks NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c North Trent Rotation ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Occupational Health and Wellbeing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; DELTOID MUSCLE; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT LIMITATION; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 34250874388     PISSN: 13678957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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