Prognosis of phrenic nerve injury following thoracic interventions: Four new cases and a review

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-204

  Ostrowska, Monika ^a   De Carvalho, Mamede ^b,c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR JOÃO LOBO ANTUNES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Nerve conduction; Phrenic nerve; Thoracic surgery; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SURGERY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHRENIC NERVE INJURY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THYMECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857793006     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.12.016     Document Type: Review

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