Ultrasound-Guided Microsurgical Excision for Brachial Plexus Schwannomas: Short-Term Clinical Study

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AIM: To describe the ultrasound-guided microsurgical excision technique and to evaluate the surgical outcomes of brachial plexusschwannomas.MATERIAL and METHODS: Eleven patients who underwent ultrasound-guided microsurgery for small (<3 cm) brachial plexusschwannomas between 2013 and 2017 were included in our study.RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 45 years (range: 30–68 years), with six tumors localized on the right and five on the leftside. There were no perioperative or postoperative complications. No postoperative deficits were observed in the patients.CONCLUSION: Surgeons can safely and completely excise most of the benign (<3 cm and non-palpable) brachial plexus tumorsby the ultrasound-guided microsurgical excision technique.