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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:122
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

Norig Ellison, MDa

a Department of Anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St,, 413 Ravdin Courtyard, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA

e-mail: ellisonn@phs.upenn.edu

Peripheral nerve injuries are a well recognized complication of anesthesia and surgery. Until 1990 ulnar nerve injury was the one most commonly reported to the Closed Claim Project (CCP) of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, but in the 1990s brachial plexus and spinal cord injuries dominated [1]. Logically, the common peroneal nerve, the lower extremity nerve analogous to the ulnar in the upper extremity, would also be at risk. Both nerves are superficial and susceptible to compression as they traverse around . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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