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Compression of the lower trunk of the brachial plexus by a cervical rib in two adolescent girls: case reports and surgical treatment

Presence of a cervical rib in children is extremely rare, particularly when symptoms of compression of the lower trunk of the brachial plexus occur. We present two cases with such a condition, where two young girls, 11 and 16 years of age were treated by resection of the cervical rib after a supracl...

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Autores principales: Dahlin, Lars B, Backman, Clas, Düppe, Henrik, Saito, Harukazu, Chemnitz, Anette, Abul-Kasim, Kasim, Maly, Pavel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2742518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19732463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7221-4-14