Pressure palsy mimicking brachial plexus injury after mastectomy
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Rehabilitation after partial brachial plexus palsy
1. Plastic Surgeon at the Hospital Sarah Brasília, Full Member of the Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica (Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery – SBCP), President of the Regional do Distrito Federal da SBCP, Brasília, DF, Brazil 2. Plastic Surgeon at the Hospital Sarah Brasília, Full Member of the SBCP, Brasília, DF, Brazil. ABSTRACT A variety of muscle transfer techniques have been propo...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05237.x