Compressive injury of the brachial plexus after axillary arteriography and its further consequences

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 349-351

  Özçakar, Levent ^a   Dinçer, Fitnat ^a   Atalay, Ayce ^a,b   Kaymak, Bayram ^a   Aksu, Ali Emre ^a   Akyürek, Mustafu ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b 06500 Ankara Turkey ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiography; Burn injury; Electromyography; Hypoesthesia; Plexopathy; Surgical exploration

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; SALICYLIC ACID;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BLEEDING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FIBROSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLYSIS; PARESIS; TACHYCARDIA; THENAR; THORAX PAIN; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 3843130750     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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