Ultrasound-guided microsurgical excision for brachial plexus schwannomas: short-term clinical study
AIM: To describe the ultrasound-guided microsurgical excision technique and to evaluate the surgical outcomes of brachial plexus schwannomas. MATERIAL and METHODS: Eleven patients who underwent ultrasound-guided microsurgery for small (<3 cm) brachial plexus schwannomas between 2013 and 2017 were...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
12.03.2019
|
| In: |
Turkish neurosurgery
Year: 2019, Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 594-597 |
| DOI: | 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25575-18.3 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25575-18.3
|
| Author Notes: | Ismail Yuce, Okan Kahyaoglu, Pelin Mertan, Halit Cavusoglu, Yunus Aydin |
| Summary: | AIM: To describe the ultrasound-guided microsurgical excision technique and to evaluate the surgical outcomes of brachial plexus schwannomas. MATERIAL and METHODS: Eleven patients who underwent ultrasound-guided microsurgery for small (<3 cm) brachial plexus schwannomas between 2013 and 2017 were included in our study. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 45 years (range: 30-68 years), with six tumors localized on the right and five on the left side. There were no perioperative or postoperative complications. No postoperative deficits were observed in the patients. CONCLUSION: Surgeons can safely and completely excise most of the benign (<3 cm and non-palpable) brachial plexus tumors by the ultrasound-guided microsurgical excision technique. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Gesehen am 19.11.2019 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| DOI: | 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25575-18.3 |