BRACHIAL PLEXITIS - A RARE AND OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION

Authors
GRIFFIN AC WOOD WG
Citation
Ac. Griffin et Wg. Wood, BRACHIAL PLEXITIS - A RARE AND OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION, Aesthetic plastic surgery, 20(3), 1996, pp. 263-265
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Aesthetic plastic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0364216X
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
263 - 265
Database
ISI
SICI code
0364-216X(1996)20:3<263:BP-ARA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Surgeons should be aware of the brachial plexitis syndrome in order to properly make an early diagnosis and educate the patient and his fami ly on the etiology of this syndrome. It is characterized by the acute onset of shoulder pain, weakness, and paralysis in patients following a variety of surgical procedures.