Prevention of Perioperative Brachial Plexus Injury: A Modified Position

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neuroanaesth Crit Care 2018; 05(02): 129-130
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1660529

Correspondence

Indian Society of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care

Ashutosh Kaushal

¹Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

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Charu Mahajan

¹Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

,

Indu Kapoor

¹Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

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Hemanshu Prabhakar

¹Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

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