Neurologic sequelae of the donor arm after endoscopic versus conventional radial artery harvesting

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 681-687

  Bleiziffer, Sabine ^a   Hettich, Ina ^a   Eisenhauer, Birgit ^a   Ruzicka, Daniel ^a   Voss, Bernhard ^a   Bauernschmitt, Robert ^a   Lange, Ruediger ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIAL ARTERY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ARM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIAL ARTERY; REOPERATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 52049088054     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.02.067     Document Type: Article

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