scholarly journals Protecting the brachial plexus during median sternotomy

1987 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Tomlinson ◽  
Irving A. Hirsch ◽  
S.V. Kodali ◽  
Stephen Slogoff
1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.A. Hudson ◽  
R. Boome ◽  
I. Sanpera

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Rieke ◽  
R. Benecke ◽  
E.R. DeVivie ◽  
E. Turner ◽  
T. Crozier ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Bashar Katirji

Thoracic outlet syndrome remains a controversial syndrome despite being described more than a century ago. This syndrome has neurogenic, vascular, and disputed types. True neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome is relatively rare syndrome often associated with a cervical rib or cervical band. Symptoms include pain, hand and forearm numbness, and hand weakness and atrophy. The true neurogenic disorder has classical electrodiagnostic presentations. This case highlights the anatomy of the brachial plexus and distinguishes true neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome from carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, C8 radiculopathy, T1 radiculopathy, and post-median sternotomy brachial plexopathy, with emphasis on the electrodiagnostic findings.


1971 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin M. Kirsh ◽  
Kenneth R. Magee ◽  
Otto Gago ◽  
Donald R. Kahn ◽  
Herbert Sloan

1991 ◽  
Vol 39 (06) ◽  
pp. 360-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Stangl ◽  
A. Altendorf-Hofmann ◽  
J. von der Emde

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Healey ◽  
B. O'Neill ◽  
H. Bilal ◽  
P. Waterworth

1993 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
R. STANGL ◽  
A. ALTENDORF-HOFMANN ◽  
J. von der EMDE

Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1896
Author(s):  
Yu Jin Im ◽  
Min Soo Kang ◽  
Sun Woong Kim ◽  
Duk Hyun Sung

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 penetrate or irritate the lower root of the brachial plexus. Because the C8 ventral root is located immediately superior to the first thoracic rib, the extraforaminal C8 root is thought to be the key location of brachial plexus injury by the first rib fracture. This report describes three cases of brachial plexus injury after median sternotomy in a single center. In our cases, fracture of the first rib and consequent brachial plexus injury is confirmed with imaging and electrophysiologic studies. The fracture of the first rib is not detected with standard plain images and it is confirmed only with CT or MRI studies. Advanced imaging tools are recommended to assess the first rib fracture when brachial plexus injury is suspected after median sternotomy.


2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Unlu ◽  
Y. Velioglu ◽  
H. Kocak ◽  
N. Becit ◽  
M. Ceviz

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