Scientific paperInjuries to the phrenic nerve resulting in diaphragmatic paralysis with special reference to stretch trauma☆
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Presented at the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Monterey, California, February 15–18, 1976.
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From the Division of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Samuel Merritt Hospital, and the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Highland General Hospital, Oakland, California.