Partial ulnar nerve transfer to the nerve to the biceps for the treatment of brachial plexopathy in metastatic breast carcinoma: case report.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.09.006.
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Abstract
Brachial plexus neuropathy can cause progressive pain and disability in patients with breast cancer. Metastatic spread and radiation injury are the most common causes in these patients. We report a case of partial ulnar nerve transfer to the nerve to the biceps muscle to restore elbow flexion in a patient with combined radiation-induced and metastatic brachial plexopathy.
Medical subject headings
- Brachial Plexus Neuropathies
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Nerve Transfer
- Ulnar Nerve
Anatomy
- ulna