CT appearance of intercostal nerve neurotisation.

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.

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R Gadahadh, V Rachapalli, D E Roberts. CT appearance of intercostal nerve neurotisation. The British journal of radiology. 2012 Mar;85(1011):e56-8

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PMID: 22391501

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