Intercostal Nerve to Long Thoracic Nerve Transfer for the Treatment of Winged Scapula: A Cadaveric Feasibility Study

There are very few surgical options available for treating a patient with winged scapula caused by a long thoracic nerve (LTN) injury. Therefore, we devised a novel technique based on a cadaveric dissection whereby regional intercostal nerves (ICN) were harvested and transposed to the adjacent LTN i...

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Autores principales: Louis Jr, Robert G, Whitesides, Joshua D, Kollias, Theofanis F, Iwanaga, Joe, Tubbs, R. Shane, Loukas, Marios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5790210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29399426
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1898

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5790210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29399426
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1898

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