title: Brachial plexus palsy, a rare delayed complication of the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum: a case report.
abstract: We report a rare complication after the Nuss procedure for the correction of pectus excavatum in a 15-year-old adolescent boy. He began to have delayed right brachial plexus injury on the 15th postoperative day. Careful physical check-up revealed a painful and enlarged subaxillary lymph node. He was successfully treated using anti-inflammatory medications and physical therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Tieqin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hongxu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chunlu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Changbo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D020516:Brachial Plexus Neuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*