Brachial Plexus Injury with Cough AttackCase Report
作者:
Tatsuhito Yamagami,
Hajime Handa,
Kenichiro Higashi,
Ryuji Kaji,
期刊:
Neurosurgery
(OVID Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 34,
issue 6
页码: 1084-1086
ISSN:0148-396X
年代: 1994
出版商: OVID
关键词: Adhesions;Brachial plexus injury;Cough attack;Neurolysis;Phrenic nerve;Thoracic outlet syndrome
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
COUGH ATTACKS ELICITED by movement of the neck and right arm are reported in a patient who had sustained several shoulder injuries and who had an anterior scalenectomy. The coughing was accompanied by weakness in the right upper limb. At exploration, the phrenic nerve was found adhered to the brachial plexus. The cough attacks disappeared, and the weakness of the right upper limb improved somewhat after lysis of the adhesions between the phrenic nerve and the plexus and after external neurolysis of the upper, middle, and lower trunks. Postoperatively, the patient could elevate his right arm without coughing.
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