Injury to the lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm after venous cannulation: A case report and literature review

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 659-662

  Stevens, R J G ^a   Mahadevan, V ^b   Moss, A L H ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cannulation; lateral antebrachial nerve; lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm; nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; DERMATOME; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN NERVE INJURY; VEIN PUNCTURE; VENOUS CANNULATION;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861816412     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.21285     Document Type: Review

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