Symptomatic phrenic nerve palsy after supraclavicular block in an obese man

Orthopedics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 368-

  Erickson, John M ^a   Louis, Dean S ^a   Naughton, Norah N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ROPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CASE REPORT; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DYSPNEA; FLANK PAIN; GANGLION CYST; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; SPLINT; THORAX PAIN; WEAKNESS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLAVICLE; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; OBESITY; PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLAVICLE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; OBESITY; PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE;

EID: 68849121984     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20090501-02     Document Type: Article

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