Thoracoscopic sympathectomy for causalgia: Local experience

Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Kassem, Mohammed ^a   Badr, Hatem ^a   El Kosha, Hazem ^a   Ibrahim, Abd Elwahab ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Causalgia; Sympathectomy and pain management; Thoracoscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CAUSALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRUSH TRAUMA; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC INJURY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MISSILE WOUND; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STAB WOUND; STELLATE GANGLION; STIMULATION; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; THORACOSCOPIC CERVICODORSAL SYMPATHECTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 80052993275     PISSN: 13196995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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