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- Title
22. Traumatic Plexus Lesion.
- Authors
van Dongen, Robert; Cohen, Steven P.; van Kleef, Maarten; Mekhail, Nagy; Huygen, Frank
- Abstract
Pain, motor, and sensory deficits characterize patients with a traumatic lesion of the brachial plexus. Frequently, more severe injuries co-exist that require immediate surgical attention. Early rehabilitation and physical therapy are the cornerstones of treatment. Pharmacological management can be difficult. Surgical reconstruction is frequently advised when nerves are disrupted. The results, mostly from small historical reports, vary greatly. Neurostimulation may have an additional beneficial effect, especially if the pathophysiology of nociception and neuropathic pain becomes evident in these complex patients.
- Subjects
BRACHIAL plexus; TRAUMATOLOGY diagnosis; WOUND care; PAIN management; ALGORITHMS; PAIN; PHYSICAL diagnosis; WOUNDS &; injuries; EVIDENCE-based medicine; ANATOMY
- Publication
Pain Practice, 2011, Vol 11, Issue 4, p414
- ISSN
1530-7085
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1533-2500.2011.00451.x