Brachial Plexus Injury Associated with Median Sternotomy during Cardiac Surgery: Three Cases of C8 Radiculopathy Due to the Fracture of the First Rib

In cardiac surgery, median sternotomy is often necessary during certain surgical processes and it can cause the rare complication of brachial plexus injury. Retraction of the rib cage during median sternotomy may produce a fracture of the first thoracic rib at the costovertebral junction which might...

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Autores principales: Im, Yu Jin, Kang, Min Soo, Kim, Sun Woong, Sung, Duk Hyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8534738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34679593
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11101896

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8534738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34679593
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11101896

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