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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1722-1723
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited Commentary

Invited Commentary

Stephen R. Large, FRCS

Transplant Unit, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire CB3 8RE, England

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See also page 1721.

Doctors Tewari and Aggarwal have presented a series of patients who have suffered neurologic impairment associated with their coronary artery bypass grafts. These were left recurrent laryngeal and phrenic nerve lesion. The association was with the use of large amounts of ice slush that fell into the open left pleural cavity after internal mammary artery harvesting. There is no doubt that frostbite is effective at producing damage to phrenic nerve function, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Combined Left-Sided Recurrent Laryngeal and Phrenic Nerve Palsy After Coronary Artery Operation
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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1996 61: 1721-1722. [Abstract] [Full Text]





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