END-TO-SIDE NERVE TRANSFER IN NEUROPATHIC PAIN POST BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY

Authors

  • Nur Dina A Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology,Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000 Cheras,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia ; Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Tingkat 13, Menara B MPAJ,Jalan Pandan Utama, Pandan Indah, 55100 Kuala Lumpur
  • Shalimar A Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology,Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000 Cheras,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

Keywords:

Pain, Nerve Transfer, Brachial Plexus

Abstract

We report a case of a 59-year-old gentleman with complete left brachial plexus injury. He presented with chronic pain over the dorsum of his left hand since the injury eight years ago. Medical treatment had been optimised but the pain still persist. End-to-side nerve transfer was done involving superficial sensory radial nerve and median nerve to alleviate the pain. The surgery was considered successful as the patient claimed that the pain score had reduced a few weeks postoperatively. However, there was no sensory recovery and functionally no improvement was observed.

Keywords: Pain, Nerve Transfer, Brachial Plexus

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Published

2018-12-31

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Research article

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