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Capnography as an aid in localizing the phrenic nerve in brachial plexus surgery. Technical note

BACKGROUND: To determine whether monitoring end- tidal Carbon Dioxide (capnography) can be used to reliably identify the phrenic nerve during the supraclavicular exploration for brachial plexus injury. METHODS: Three consecutive patients with traction pan-brachial plexus injuries scheduled for neuro...

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Autores principales: Bhagat, Hemant, Agarwal, Anil, Sharma, Manish S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2412847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18498657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7221-3-14