Quadrilateral Space Syndrome: A Rare Complication of Thoracic Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1350-1351

  Nishimura, Motohiro ^a   Kobayashi, Masao ^a   Hamagashira, Kenichiro ^a   Noumi, Shinpachiro ^a   Ito, Kazuhiro ^b   Kato, Daishiro ^b   Shimada, Junichi ^b  

^a Social Insurance Kyoto Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELTOID MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRILATERAL SPACE SYNDROME; RARE DISEASE; SHOULDER; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER PAIN; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 52049093003     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.039     Document Type: Article

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