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Transaxillary First Rib Resection for Treatment of the Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Published on: September 13, 2020
[Suprascapular nerve entrapment by a ganglion cyst: a case report]
Rifat Erginer1, Tahir Oğüt, Aksel Seyahi
1Istanbul Universitesi Cerrahpaşa Tip Fakültesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Anabilim Dali, Istanbul.
Abstract:
A twenty-two-year-old male patient presented with complaints of muscle atrophy and shoulder pain. Clinical and radiological studies showed a ganglion cyst near the spinoglenoid notch and a diagnosis of compression of the inferior branch of the suprascapular nerve was made. Following open excision of the cyst by a posterior approach, the patient's complaints subsided. A year after the operation recurrence of the lesion was detected. Arthroscopic control showed no intrarticular lesion. The patient still experiences minimal pain from time to time.
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