Phrenic nerve injury resulting from percutaneous ablation of lung malignancy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 565-568

  Thornton, Raymond H ^a   Solomon, Stephen B ^a   Dupuy, Damian E ^b   Bains, Manjit S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Diaphragm paralysis; Iatrogenic injury; Lung cancer; Phrenic nerve injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PERCUTANEOUS LUNG ABLATION; PHRENIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE;

EID: 49149109710     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3507     Document Type: Article

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