Evolution and Critics on “Capnography as an Aid in Localizing the Phrenic Nerve in Brachial Plexus Surgery. Technical Note” by Combined Ventilator Waveforms Analysis

CC-BY 4.0 · J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj 2017; 12(01): e15-e16
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1608623

Letter to the Editor

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

George Georgoulis

¹Department of Neurosurgery, University of Lyon 1, Hôpital Neurologique “Pierre Wertheimer,” Lyon, France

²Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

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Eirini Papagrigoriou

³Intensive Care Unit, “Agios Panteleimon” General Hospital of Nikaia, Piraeus, Greece

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Marc Sindou

⁴Department of Neurosurgery, University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France

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