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Greater auricular nerve neuropraxia with beach chair positioning during shoulder surgery

Neuropraxia of the greater auricular nerve is an uncommon complication of shoulder surgery, with the patient in the beach chair position. The greater auricular nerve, a superficial branch of the cervical plexus, is vulnerable to neuropraxia due to its superficial anatomical location. In this case se...

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Autores principales: Ng, Albert K. H., Page, Richard S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2966751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21072149
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6042.70824