Mini-Invasive Robot-Assisted Surgery of the Brachial Plexus: A Case of Intraneural Perineurioma

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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