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Delayed brachial plexus neurapraxia complicating malunion of the clavicle
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung Medical College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC.
American Journal of Orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
|April 28, 2000
Abstract:
Delayed brachial plexus neurapraxia is a rare complication of midshaft clavicular fracture. The symptoms are variable and occur insidiously. Surgical decompression to release the compression of brachial plexus is the treatment of choice and usually has a good result. We report a patient whose brachial plexus was compressed by malunion of the clavicle. This patient had a good outcome after treatment with intramedullary nailing and Knowles pin fixation after corrective osteotomy without bone grafting.