Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Compression of the lower trunk of the brachial plexus by a cervical rib in two adolescent girls: case reports and surgical treatment. | Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury BioMed Central Open Access Case report Compression of the lower trunk of the brachial plexus by a cervical rib in two adolescent girls case reports and surgical treatment Lars B Dahlin 1 2 Clas Backman3 Henrik Duppe4 Harukazu Saito5 Anette Chemnitz2 Kasim Abul-Kasim6 and Pavel Maly6 Address 1Hand Surgery Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmo Lund University Malmo Sweden 2Department of Hand Surgery Malmo University Hospital Malmo Sweden 3Department of Hand Surgery Norrland University Hospital Umeâ Sweden 4Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Malmo University Hospital Malmo Sweden 5Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Murayama Medical Center National Hospital Organization Tokyo Japan and 6Department of Radiology Malmo University Hospital Malmo Sweden Email Lars B Dahlin - Clas Backman - clasbackman@ Henrik Duppe - Harukazu Saito - haruka-z@ Anette Chemnitz - Kasim Abul-Kasim - Pavel Maly - Corresponding author Published 6 September 2009 Received 26 June 2009 Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2009 4 14 doi 1749-7221-4-14 Accepted 6 September 2009 This article is available from http content 4 1 14 2009 Dahlin et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Presence of a cervical rib in children is extremely rare particularly when symptoms of compression of the lower trunk of the brachial plexus occur. We present two cases with such a condition where two young girls 11 and 16 years of age were treated by resection of the cervical rib after a supraclavicular exploration of the