January 1, 1985Orthopedics & TraumatologyOpen Access

Brachial plexus palsy caused by traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the brachial artery.

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Population

1 22-year-old female with right brachial plexus palsy caused by a traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the brachial…

Design

Case_report

Follow-up

17 months after surgery

Authors

KIKoutarou ImamuraNagasaki University EHEiji HiranoYokohama National University NINobuyuki ItoNiigata University

Discussion

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Implication

May support recovery after compressive plexopathy repair; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

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Population

1 22-year-old female with right brachial plexus palsy caused by a traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the brachial artery following a knife injury

Intervention

Surgical resection of the aneurysm and primary repair of the artery without a graft

Outcome

Recovery of neurologic function (sensation and motor function)

Surgical resection and primary repair of a traumatic brachial artery pseudoaneurysm can lead to complete recovery of associated brachial plexus palsy.

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Imamura et al. (1985) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a91b5f976d7fdaedb5ce154 https://doi.org/10.5035/nishiseisai.33.913

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Brachial plexus palsy caused by traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the brachial artery.

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Brachial plexus palsy caused by traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the brachial artery.

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Implication

Structured PICO

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