Perioperative ulnar neuropathy following shoulder surgery under combined interscalene brachial plexus block and general anaesthesia

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1033-1036

  O'Neill, T ^a   Cuignet Royer, E ^a   Lambert, M ^a   Cornet, C ^a   Bouaziz, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ARTHROSCOPY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SHOULDER; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 55749090213     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021508004560     Document Type: Letter

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