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Isolated long thoracic nerve paralysis - a rare complication of anterior spinal surgery: a case report

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Title
Isolated long thoracic nerve paralysis - a rare complication of anterior spinal surgery: a case report
Published in
Journal of Medical Case Reports, June 2009
DOI 10.4076/1752-1947-3-7366
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Authors

Ebrahim Ameri, Hamid Behtash, Farzad Omidi-Kashani

Abstract

Isolated long thoracic nerve injury causes paralysis of the serratus anterior muscle. Patients with serratus anterior palsy may present with periscapular pain, weakness, limitation of shoulder elevation and scapular winging.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Austria 1 4%
Unknown 26 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 4 15%
Student > Postgraduate 3 11%
Student > Master 3 11%
Researcher 2 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 7%
Other 6 22%
Unknown 7 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 16 59%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 4%
Neuroscience 1 4%
Engineering 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 22%