Postoperative symptoms of brachial plexus injury

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Brachial plexus injury is a very common type of peripheral nerve injury, such a disease will undoubtedly affect their normal work and study, and the cause of this disease is also very many, when suffering from this disease must be timely examination and treatment, Suffering from this disease if not timely treatment is likely to bring some impact to patients, and this disease must pay attention to reasonable rest during the treatment, because no matter what disease is in the treatment period, if not well cooperate with the treatment, it will also bring some impact to the treatment, let me share with you the symptoms of brachial plexus injury after surgery.

Postoperative symptoms of brachial plexus injury

First: index finger sensory loss, hand numbness, arm muscle atrophy, brachial plexus involvement, nerve root injury, upper limb peripheral paralysis.

The second is the diagnosis of brachial plexus injury, including clinical, electrophysiological and imaging diagnosis. For the brachial plexus injury requiring surgical exploration, intraoperative diagnosis should also be made. According to the specific symptoms and signs of different nerve branch injuries, combined with the history of trauma, anatomical relationship and special examination, the injured nerve and its injury plane and degree can be determined.

Third: to determine the site of brachial plexus injury, the clavicular part of pectoralis major represents neck 5, the latissimus dorsi represents neck 7, and the thoracic rib part of pectoralis major represents neck 8 and chest 1. The existence of the above muscle function indicates that the injury is under the clavicle, that is, bundle branch injury. This is an important basis to identify the injury above and below the clavicle.

matters needing attention

The usual preventive measures for brachial plexus injury are as follows: 1. Exercise and riding should be safe to avoid traumatic brachial plexus injury caused by accidents; 2. To avoid brachial plexus injury, shoulder dystocia should be treated correctly, fetal weight should be estimated correctly, and labor process should be closely observed; 3. In order to avoid the injury of brachial nerve caused by operation, the following examinations should be done besides routine examination before operation, including X-ray chest X-ray and chest X-ray to understand the activity and elevation of diaphragm, determination of lung function and function of trapezius, etc.