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Treatment of a Proximal Accessory Nerve Injury with Nerve Transfer

The Laryngoscope, 2004
AbstractObjective and Hypothesis: This study presents a case report of a patient who sustained an iatrogenic proximal accessory nerve injury that was treated with a medial pectoral to accessory nerve transfer.Study Design: Case study.Materials and Methods: Chart of one patient who was treated with a medial pectoral to accessory nerve transfer was ...
Christine B, Novak, Susan E, Mackinnon
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Spinal Accessory and Suprascapular Nerve Injury After Human Bite

American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2020
Abstract This is a unique clinical case of spinal accessory and suprascapular nerve injury related to a human bite not yet described elsewhere. The case emphasizes the importance of considering local trauma of the posterior triangle of the neck in case of shoulder weakness with electrophysiologic evidence of combined spinal accessory and ...
Marine, Dididze   +3 more
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Accessory Nerve Disruption Following Core-Needle Biopsy: A Review of Iatrogenic Accessory Nerve Injuries and an Illustrative Case

World Neurosurgery, 2022
Iatrogenic spinal accessory neve (SAN) injury is a rare complication. It most commonly occurs after open lymph node biopsies. Needle biopsy is thought to present lower risk to the SAN. However, we describe a case of a 66-year-old man who underwent core needle biopsy for lymphadenopathy and subsequently experienced ipsilateral shoulder weakness and pain.
Alexander S. Fabiano   +3 more
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Surgical Outcomes of 111 Spinal Accessory Nerve Injuries

Neurosurgery, 2003
Abstract OBJECTIVE Iatrogenic injury to the spinal accessory nerve is not uncommon during neck surgery involving the posterior cervical triangle, because its superficial course here makes it susceptible.
Daniel H, Kim   +3 more
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Conservative Treatment for Late-Diagnosed Spinal Accessory Nerve Injury

American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2008
Spinal accessory nerve (SAN) injuries cause considerable shoulder joint dysfunction and pain, but are often underdiagnosed or diagnosed late. The aim of this study was to present the clinical and electrophysiological features and response to conservative treatment of the patients with late-diagnosed SAN injury.Nine patients diagnosed with SAN injury ...
Kenan, Akgun   +2 more
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Combined Injury of the Accessory Nerve and Brachial Plexus

Neurosurgery, 2011
Stretch-induced spinal accessory nerve palsy has been considered extremely rare, with only a few cases reported.In 357 patients with stretch lesions of the brachial plexus, we investigated the prevalence, course, and surgical treatment of accessory nerve palsy.Accessory nerve palsy was ascertained when the patient was unable to shrug the ipsilateral ...
Jayme Augusto, Bertelli   +1 more
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Management of Iatrogenic Injury to the Spinal Accessory Nerve

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2003
Spinal accessory nerve injury results in a debilitating shoulder dysfunction. The trapezius is a major suspensory muscle of the shoulder girdle, and paralysis results in chronic pain and debility from disruption of synchronous scapulohumeral rhythm.
Rajiv Y, Chandawarkar   +2 more
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P86-T Iatrogenic spinal accessory nerve (SAN) injury

Clinical Neurophysiology, 2019
SAN injury produces considerable disability. The most common cause is an inability to localize the nerve during neck surgeries. Recognizing the injury promptly is crucial for a better prognosis. We describe and analyze SAN injuries seen at our electromyography (EMG) laboratory during a period of four years. We present 6 cases of SAN injury; all of them
Sara Cors Serra   +2 more
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Iatrogenic Injury of the Spinal Accessory Nerve. Results of Repair*

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, 1998
We reviewed the results of repair of the spinal accessory nerve in seven patients seen between September 1994 and January 1996. The nerve had been injured during biopsy of a cervical lymph node in six patients and during removal of a bullet in one. The average interval between the time of the injury and the repair of the nerve was eight months (range ...
K, Nakamichi, S, Tachibana
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Accessory nerve injury.

Australian family physician, 2006
This article discusses a Supreme Court judgment involving an injury to the spinal accessory nerve which occurred during the excision of a lymph node mass in the posterior triangle of the neck.1 In this case, the medical practitioner was found to have been negligent for failing to diagnose the nerve injury in the postoperative period, and not for the ...
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