A case of Klumpke's obstetric brachial plexus palsy following a Cesarean section

Mohammad M Al-Qattan1, Amel A F El-Sayed2

  • 1Division of Plastic and Hand Surgery Department of Surgery King Saud University Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

Clinical Case Reports
|September 21, 2016
PubMed

It is generally thought that Klumpke's palsy is not seen as obstetric injury. The authors present a case of Klumpke's palsy with Horner syndrome following delivery by emergency Cesarean section. Neurolysis and nerve grafting partially corrected the paralysis.