CASE STUDY: THERMOPLASTIC SCAPULOTHORACIC ORTHOSIS FOR TREATMENT OF WINGING SCAPULA
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Scapulothoracic stabilisation for winging of the scapula using strips of autogenous fascia lata.
We have used a modified technique in five patients to correct winging of the scapula caused by injury to the brachial plexus or the long thoracic nerve during transaxillary resection of the first rib. The procedure stabilises the scapulothoracic articulation by using strips of autogenous fascia lata wrapped around the 4th, 6th and 7th ribs at least two, and preferably three, times. The mean age...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2561-987X
DOI: 10.33137/cpoj.v1i2.32043