Brachial plexus injury in association with fracture-dislocation of the shoulder.
Anterior dislocation of the shoulder is generally not associated with neurological compromise. We report three patients in whom a brachial plexus injury was caused by an anterior dislocation of the shoulder. One patient was further complicated by vascular involvement. The forces producing the injury are usually small, and the neurological trauma is likely to be neuropraxia. Conservative management is usually successful, and, in our patients, recovery took place after an average of six months.
Yip
K M
KM
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Hung
L K
LK
Maffulli
N
N
Chan
K M
KM
D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000534:rehabilitation