Median nerve injury: an underrecognised complication of brachial artery cardiac catheterisation?
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Median nerve injury: an underrecognised complication of brachial artery cardiac catheterisation?
OBJECTIVE To describe the local neurological complications associated with cardiac catheterisation via the right brachial artery. METHODS A follow up study to determine the mechanism of injury and outcome of patients who sustained a high median nerve palsy after this procedure. Five right handed patients were identified in a 24 month period. Each was assessed clinically and electrophysiologic...
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Objective—To describe the local neurological complications associated with cardiac catheterisation via the right brachial artery. Methods—A follow up study to determine the mechanism of injury and outcome of patients who sustained a high median nerve palsy after this procedure. Five right handed patients were identified in a 24 month period. Each was assessed clinically and electrophysiological...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.63.4.542