Abnormal hand position leading to possible brachial plexus injury during spinal interventional neuroradiology: Are we aware of it?

CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neuroanaesth Crit Care 2015; 02(02): 142-143
DOI: 10.4103/2348-0548.154245

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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd.

Amarjyoti Hazarika

Department of Neuroanaesthesiology, Neuroscience Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India

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Shailendra Kumar

Department of Neuroanaesthesiology, Neuroscience Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India

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Meena Singh

¹Department of Anaesthesiology, J.P.N.A.T.C., AIIMS, New Delhi, India

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