Injury to the brachial plexus in neck dissections

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-198

  Monteiro, Michael Joseph ^a   Altman, Keith ^a   Khandwala, A ^b  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Neck dissection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; DELTOID MUSCLE; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE ROOT LESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURAL NERVE;

AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK DISSECTION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 77649189964     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Sinnatamby C.S. Last's anatomy: regional and applied. 10th ed. (1999), Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh