Bilateral brachial plexus injury after liver transplantation

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-311

  Hida, Aya ^a   Arai, Tatsuru ^b   Nakanishi, Kazuo ^a   Nagaro, Takumi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kurashiki Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; General anesthesia; Living donor liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; MEXILETINE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD SENSATION; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DROWSINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; GANGLION BLOCK; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPESTHESIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRRADIATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SEDATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; STELLATE GANGLION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; HYPESTHESIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTURE;

EID: 49649123857     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-008-0636-0     Document Type: Article

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