Idiopathic spinal accessory nerve injury

Palsy of the eleventh cranial nerve – or spinal accessory nerve (SAN) − is a rare cause of scapular winging, leading to painful upper extremity disability due to weakness and atrophy of the trapezius muscle. Most SAN injuries are iatrogenic, and no specific pediatric epidemiology is known. Herein is...

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Main Authors: Pedro Cubelo Pereira, Benedita Bianchi de Aguiar, Duarte Dantas, Inês Machado Vaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro Hospitalar do Porto 2020-08-01
Series:Nascer e Crescer
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Online Access:https://revistas.rcaap.pt/nascercrescer/article/view/18356