BRACHIAL PLEXUS PRESSURE BY THE NORMAL FIRST RIB*
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Rib Pressure and the Brachial Plexus
A SERIES of cases met with during the past few months has directed our attention to the question of brachial plexus palsies due to rib pressure. Since no communication upon this subject has hitherto been presented to the Society, the following resume, which embodies references to our personal experience, may prove of interest. The fact that the senior writer has records of twenty-three instance...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1927
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-192706000-00006