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- Title
Minimising iatrogenic nerve injury in primary care.
- Authors
Wallis, Katharine A; Hills, Thomas; Mirjalili, S Ali
- Abstract
The article offers an overview of nerve injuries in primary care, discusses nerve anatomical course and surface anatomy with the help of modern radiological evidence, and provides suggestions to guide safer interventions in primary care. Topics discussed include several causes of nerve injury such as venepuncture, intramuscular injection, and steroid injection, the effects of sciatic nerve injury in the buttock, and damage to the axillary nerve.
- Subjects
NERVOUS system injuries; PRIMARY care; VENOUS puncture; INTRAMUSCULAR injections; STEROIDS; SCIATIC nerve injuries
- Publication
British Journal of General Practice, 2018, Vol 68, Issue 673, p392
- ISSN
0960-1643
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3399/bjgp18X698273