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- Christoph Schmitz, Ralf Sodian, Thomas N Witt, Gerd Juchem, Nora Lang, Christian Bruegger, Christian Kowalski, and Bruno Reichart.
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Munich, Munich, Germany. christoph.schmitz@med.uni-muenchen.de
- Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2009 Apr 1; 87 (4): 1277-9.
AbstractIatrogenic nerve lesions affecting the long thoracic nerve are very rare after a median sternotomy. Here we report on a patient who developed clinical signs of a so-called "winged scapula" after an uneventful aortic valve replacement for infective endocarditis.
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