ArticleTrauma case reports2019
Two cases of brachial plexus compression secondary to displaced clavicle fractures.
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- From pitch to palsy: A rare case of acute brachial plexopathy following medial clavicle fracture in women's rugby.Trauma case reports · 2026Article
- Transient brachial plexus injury after robot-assisted elastic intramedullary nailing of midshaft clavicle fracture: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Late brachial plexopathy after a mid-shaft clavicle fracture: A case report.World journal of orthopedics · 2023Article
- Current Concepts in the Management of Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Review.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Conservative treatment for brachial plexus injury after a displaced clavicle fracture: a case report and literature review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Review
- Acute brachial plexus deficit due to clavicle fractures.JSES international · 2021Article
- Distribution of Peripheral Nerve Injuries in Patients with a History of Shoulder Trauma Referred to a Tertiary Care Electrodiagnostic Laboratory.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Brachial plexus compression is a rare complication of displaced clavicle fractures, with few reports existing in the literature. Neurologic symptoms can present immediately after the injury or in a delayed fashion months later. Following polytrauma, two patients presented with displaced middle-third left clavicle fractures initially treated conservatively at other institutions. Both patients developed neurologic symptoms in the left upper extremity consistent with brachial plexus compression. Magnetic resonance imaging and electrodiagnostic testing were used to help confirm the diagnosis of thoracic outlet syndrome/brachial plexopathy, and both patients underwent open reduction internal fixation with dual plating, local bone grafting and brachial plexus decompression. Both patients experienced successful relief of neurologic symptoms postoperatively. The purpose of this case series is to report on a rare complication of delayed- and non-united clavicle fractures and describe successful treatment with a novel fracture fixation construct.
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