title: CT appearance of intercostal nerve neurotisation.
abstract: A nerve transfer or neurotisation procedure is performed to repair damaged nerves, in particular those of the brachial plexus following an avulsion injury. An intercostal to phrenic nerve transfer to re-innervate the diaphragm in patients with high cervical spine injury has also been reported in the literature. We present the imaging finding in a 65-year-old female who had an intercostal nerve transfer for a damaged phrenic nerve following a resection for a non-small cell lung carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gadahadh
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rachapalli
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000601:surgery; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000294:innervation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007367:Intercostal Nerves / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D016067:Nerve Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D009423:Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000209:etiology; D010791:Phrenic Nerve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography