Journal:
:journal of cardio-thoracic medicine
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giordano rafael tronco alves junior researcher, post-graduation program in medicine (radiology) at the federal university of rio de janeiro, 21941-901, rio de janeiro, brazil
natália henz concatto assistant physician, division of radiology, general hospital at the university of caxias do sul, 95070-560, caxias do sul, brazil
deborah harrington cardiac surgeon and consultant radiologists, department of cardiac surgery and department of radiology, liverpool heart and chest hospital nhs foundation trust, liverpool, l14 3pe, liverpool, united kingdom
caroline mccann cardiac surgeon and consultant radiologists, department of cardiac surgery and department of radiology, liverpool heart and chest hospital nhs foundation trust, liverpool, l14 3pe, liverpool, united kingdom
bruno hochhegger radiologist, department of radiology, federal university of health sciences of porto alegre, 90020-090, porto alegre, brazil
klaus irion cardiac surgeon and consultant radiologists, department of cardiac surgery and department of radiology, liverpool heart and chest hospital nhs foundation trust, liverpool, l14 3pe, liverpool, united kingdom
brachial plexus injury (bpi) is an uncommon complication of median sternotomy capable of causing a permanent or transitory sensitivity and/or motor function impairment in the upper limbs. during a cardiac surgery through sternotomy, for the assessment of the thoracic cage configuration and the site of mediastinal structures, a broader surgical field may be required. if the sternal retractors ar...