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J Reconstr Microsurg 2012; 28(07): 473-476
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1313759
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Mini-Invasive Robot-Assisted Surgery of the Brachial Plexus: A Case of Intraneural Perineurioma

Thierry Lequint
1   Department of Hand Surgery, Strasbourg University Hospitals, Strasbourg, France
2   Department of Orthopaedics, Grand Hôpital, Charleroi, Belgique, Belgium
,
Kiyohito Naito
1   Department of Hand Surgery, Strasbourg University Hospitals, Strasbourg, France
3   Department of Orthopaedics, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
,
Dominique Chaigne
4   Department of Neuro-Pediatrics, Strasbourg University Hospitals, Strasbourg, France
,
Sybille Facca
1   Department of Hand Surgery, Strasbourg University Hospitals, Strasbourg, France
,
Philippe Liverneaux
1   Department of Hand Surgery, Strasbourg University Hospitals, Strasbourg, France
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07 October 2011

13 January 2012

Publication Date:
25 May 2012 (online)

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Abstract

Brachial plexus surgery requires extensive incisions. They are esthetically unsightly and compromise the quality of recovery after nerve repair surgery. We present a new approach to brachial plexus surgery using mini-invasive robot-assisted surgery to perform a biopsy of an intraneural perineurioma of the right brachial plexus in a 12-year-old girl.

Keywords

brachial plexus - Da Vinci robot - microsurgery - nerve - perineurioma - tumor - robot - telemicrosurgery
 

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