Brachial plexus impingement: An unusual complication of bilateral breast augmentation

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 381-382

  Berry, M G ^a   Stanek, J J ^a  

^a West London Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus impingement; Breast augmentation; Submuscular dissection

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; IBUPROFEN; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS IMPINGEMENT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST HEMATOMA; BREAST PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MASTALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; BREAST IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 40149111436     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-007-9055-0     Document Type: Article

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