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Bilateral ulnar nerve injury after high abdominal surgery
P R Martens1, J J Driessen, W Lanckriet
1Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, St.-Jan's Hospital, Bruges, Belgium.
Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
We report a case of bilateral injury to the ulnar nerve above the level of the elbow due to a particular retractor used for high abdominal surgery. Possible mechanisms of pathogenesis and predestinating conditions are discussed.