BACKGROUND Long thoracic nerve injury leading to scapular winging is common, often caused by closed trauma through compression, stretching, traction, direct extrinsic force, penetrating injury, or neuritides such as Parsonage-Turner syndrome. We undertook the largest series of long thoracic nerve decompression and neurolysis yet reported to demonstrate the usefulness of long thoracic nerve deco...

Abstract Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia is a condition that courses with retarded development and may cause joint dysmorphia. We report case of posterior interosseous nerve palsy in child dysplasia. After physical examination complementary diagnostic tests revealed compression neuropathy, surgical neurolysis og the was performed at level arcade Frohse. The satisfactory evolution patient confirme...

Ethanol has historically been used as an ablative agent for a variety of lesions. One of the more common applications of this technique is celiac plexus neurolysis; however, recent reports have suggested a role for the endoscopic alcohol ablation of a variety of solid and cystic lesions. We report a novel case of endoscopic ethanol ablation of a peripheral nerve sheath tumor presenting as a sma...