Above the level of the eight thoracic nerve its size diminishes, and the column ends opposite the last cervical or first thoracic nerve.
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Dr . David Zeman, who performed the surgery, said Stottlemyre sustained a traction injury to the long thoracic nerve in his right shoulder during rehabilitation this spring.
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The "'lateral nerve "'( "'lateral anterior thoracic nerve "') arises from the lateral cord of the brachial plexus, and through it from the fifth, sixth, and seventh cervical nerves.
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Each passes along the lower border of the twelfth rib behind the kidney and in front of the Quadratus lumborum muscle, and is accompanied by the twelfth thoracic nerve.
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Non-traumatic induced injury to the long thoracic nerve includes, but is not limited to, causes such as viral illness ( e . g . influenza, tonsillitis-bronchitis, coarctation of the aorta.
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Treatment to aid pain relief for this condition includes intra thoracic nerve blocks / opiates and epidurals although results vary from person to person and are dependent on numerous factors.
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Carnett thought that lower abdominal pain was commonly caused by the lower six thoracic nerves and wanted to be able to distinguish this origin from that arising from the viscera.
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As it crosses the neck of the first rib it lies medial to the anterior division of the first thoracic nerve, and lateral to the first thoracic ganglion of the sympathetic trunk.
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Todd Pratt's condition is called long thoracic nerve palsy, which apparently means something caused one of the nerves in Pratt's shoulder to close off, affecting the ability of some of his muscles to function.
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It contributes to the phrenic nerve, long thoracic nerve, and dorsal scapular nerve before joining cervical spinal nerve 6 to form the upper trunk, a trunk of the brachial plexus, which then forms the lateral cord, and finally the musculocutaneous nerve.
