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Bilateral brachial plexus palsy after a right-side modified radical mastectomy with immediate TRAM flap
Zvi Grunwald1, John H Moore, Gordon F Schwartz
1Department of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA. Zvi.Grunwald@mail.tju.edu
The Breast Journal
|February 1, 2003
Abstract:
A 65-year-old women developed bilateral brachial plexus palsy after unilateral modified radical mastectomy with TRAM flap reconstruction. The patient recovered spontaneously. The failure of appropriate intra-operative positioning to prevent the injury is discussed.