Transient long thoracic nerve injury during posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A report of two cases
A 17-year-old girl with adolescent idiopathic primary thoracolumbar compensatory thoracic scoliosis (Lenke 5CN) underwent posterior arthrodesis T9-L3 []. Six days after surgery, she was noted to develop medial winging of her right scapula with good shoulder function and no pain. Patient made a good recovery and the LTN neuropraxia resolved spontaneously 11 months following scoliosis correction.