1991
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199104000-00023
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Brachial Plexus Compression from a Malpositioned Chest Tube after Thoracotomy

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“…Several surgical procedures including first rib resection, lung surgery, transaxillary thoracotomy, and chest tube placement might cause injury to the long thoracic nerve [4,17]. Our results showed a significant late union in 18 cases (33.3%).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 68%
“…Several surgical procedures including first rib resection, lung surgery, transaxillary thoracotomy, and chest tube placement might cause injury to the long thoracic nerve [4,17]. Our results showed a significant late union in 18 cases (33.3%).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 68%
“…Review of abstracts (Fig. 1) led to 155 papers selected for further review, and subsequent review of manuscripts identified 124 case reports [7–130] detailing ectopic TT placement, or placement that resulted in patient harm. Our proposed classification algorithm was used to classify the manuscript complications.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The plexus may be primarily damaged (e.g., by car or motorcycle accidents, traction injuries, median sternotomies in cardiac operations, internal jugular vein cannulation, occult fractures of the first or second ribs, or gunshot wounds) or secondarily involved by disease processes that either affect the axillary contents (e.g., abnormal lymph nodes or axillary fibroses) or spread from neighboring structures such as bone, muscle, breast, or lung (2,8,10,20,22,25,28,40). The incidence of BP birth injuries varies from 1 to 2 per 1000 live births (35).…”
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