Correction of scapular winging by supraclavicular neurolysis of the long thoracic nerve

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
J J DisaA L Dellon

Abstract

Injury to the long thoracic nerve results in winging of the scapula. When there is no known direct site of injury to this nerve, the traditional treatment consists of bracing the shoulder and, if recovery of function does not occur, then carrying out a muscle transfer to reconstitute the forces required to bring the scapula into appropriate position with respect to the thorax. The present report describes four patients in whom a site of compression of the long thoracic nerve within the scalene muscles proved to be the site of compression. A supraclavicular neurolysis of the long thoracic nerve resulted in correction of the winged scapula in all four of these patients.

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