Iatrogenic Nerve Injuries

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-90

  Kretschmer, Thomas ^a   Heinen, Christian W ^a   Antoniadis, Gregor ^a   Richter, Hans Peter ^a   König, Ralph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic; Injury; Management; Nerve; Repair

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN;

ARTHRODESIS; BLEEDING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJECTION; IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MINOR SURGERY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE SUTURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIAL NERVE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL NERVE; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOURNIQUET; VEIN SURGERY;

HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJECTIONS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOURNIQUETS; TRACTION;

EID: 57049175067     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2008.07.025     Document Type: Review

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