Erschienen in:
01.06.2014 | CORR Insights
CORR Insights®: Is Surgery for Brachial Plexus Schwannomas Safe and Effective?
verfasst von:
Scott F. M. Duncan, MD, MPH, MBA
Erschienen in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 6/2014
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Excerpt
The current state of knowledge regarding schwannomas of the brachial plexus focuses on whether the potential risks of surgery, such as permanent neurologic damage, justify the removal of a mass that is not only benign in most cases, but more of a cosmetic concern to the patient. In fact, most articles [
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8] document their patients’ presenting complaint as a mass, as opposed to a neurologic deficit. This paper, as well as others, found that neurologic injury risks are real, but in most cases, are either mild or temporary in nature. …