INJURY TO THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS BY A FRAGMENT OF BONE AFTER FRACTURE OF THE CLAVICLE

O. Barbier; J. Malghem; O. Delaere; B. Vande Berg; J. J. Rombouts

doi:10.1302/0301-620X.79B4.0790534

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INJURY TO THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS BY A FRAGMENT OF BONE AFTER FRACTURE OF THE CLAVICLE

O. Barbier
J. Malghem
O. Delaere
B. Vande Berg
J. J. Rombouts

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INJURY TO THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS BY A FRAGMENT OF BONE AFTER FRACTURE OF THE CLAVICLE

Barbier O, Malghem J, Delaere O, Vande Berg B, Rombouts JJ. INJURY TO THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS BY A FRAGMENT OF BONE AFTER FRACTURE OF THE CLAVICLE. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1997;79-B(4):534-536. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.79B4.0790534

Barbier, O., et al. “INJURY TO THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS BY A FRAGMENT OF BONE AFTER FRACTURE OF THE CLAVICLE.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, vol. 79-B, no. 4, 1997, pp. 534-536., https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.79B4.0790534

Barbier, O., Malghem, J., Delaere, O., Vande Berg, B., & Rombouts, J. J. (1997). INJURY TO THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS BY A FRAGMENT OF BONE AFTER FRACTURE OF THE CLAVICLE. The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, 79-B(4), 534-536. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.79B4.0790534

Barbier, O., Malghem, J., Delaere, O., Vande Berg, B. and Rombouts, J. J. (1997) “INJURY TO THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS BY A FRAGMENT OF BONE AFTER FRACTURE OF THE CLAVICLE.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, 79-B(4), pp. 534-536. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.79B4.0790534

Barbier, O., J. Malghem, O. Delaere, B. Vande Berg, and J. J. Rombouts. “INJURY TO THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS BY A FRAGMENT OF BONE AFTER FRACTURE OF THE CLAVICLE.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume 79-B, no. 4 (1997): 534-536. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.79B4.0790534

Barbier O, Malghem J, Delaere O, Vande Berg B, Rombouts JJ. INJURY TO THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS BY A FRAGMENT OF BONE AFTER FRACTURE OF THE CLAVICLE. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1997 Jul 1;79-B(4):534-536. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.79B4.0790534

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Abstract

Clavicular fractures are occasionally responsible for lesions of the brachial plexus. The symptoms are usually delayed and due to compression by hypertrophic callus, nonunion or a subclavian pseudoaneurysm.

We describe a patient in whom a displaced bone fragment was pressing on the retroclavicular part of the brachial plexus, leading to early symptoms of a lesion of the posterior cord. Internal fixation of the clavicle and external neurolysis of the brachial plexus gave an almost full recovery.

Correspondence should be sent to Professor J. J. Rombouts.

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