• Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech · Dec 2006

    Case Reports

    Brachial plexus injury with emphasis on axillary nerve paralysis after thoracoscopic sympathicotomy for axillary hyperhidrosis.

    • Soon-Ho Chon and Matthew Seung Suk Choi.
    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, South Korea.
    • Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2006 Dec 1; 16 (6): 432-4.

    AbstractThoracic sympathicotomy for the treatment of axillary hyperhidrosis with the use of 2 mm thoracoscope and instruments is a simple and safe procedure. Nerve paralysis of any type after thoracic sympathicotomy is an extremely rare event. We report a 44-year-old woman who developed brachial plexus injury of her left arm after thoracoscopic sympathicotomy for axillary hyperhidrosis. The lesion involved the whole arm. All nerves of the brachial plexus except the axillary nerve recovered quickly. An axillary nerve type lesion was observed for 7 weeks, until the patient fully recovered all functions of her arm. The mechanism is believed not to be caused by the procedure itself, but by dorsal overextension of the abducted arm during the operation.

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