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Had acdf c6-c7 & c7-t1 12 days for severe shoulder blade pain. but i am still having same pain in right shoulder blade and i noticed it bulges out ?

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Dr. Rick Pospisil answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Acdf: Sometimes radicular pain takes awhile to remit. If the onset of your shoulder sticking out is new you should be checked by your surgeon as winging of the scapula can be secondary involvement of the long thoracic nerve

Answered 11/3/2015

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