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12951724

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
33
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-3
pubmed:abstractText
Four patients, one man aged 66 years and three women aged 69, 33 and 55 years, respectively, had postsurgical pain and weakness in the shoulder-arm region. Initially, a peripheral nerve lesion on a mechanical basis was suspected in all patients. However, because of the sharp pain starting after a postsurgical pain-free interval ranging from a few hours to two days, followed after some time by local muscular weakness, the diagnosis 'neuralgic amyotrophy' was made later. The electromyographic findings were in agreement with this diagnosis. The chronological sequence of the symptoms only became clear after targeted questioning. After 6-24 months, the strength was more or less restored. Usually, the prognosis of neuralgic amyotrophy is favourable, although full functional recovery may take two to three years and in a minority of cases recovery remains incomplete. Early diagnosis is important because of the prognostic aspects and to prevent unnecessary investigations or even surgical explorations, as well as legal claims. Therefore, not only neurologists but particularly surgeons and anaesthesiologists should be aware of this postsurgical condition.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
dut
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0028-2162
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
147
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1573-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
[Postsurgical pain and weakness in the shoulder-arm region: iatrogenic or not?].
pubmed:affiliation
Afd. Neurologie, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Postbus 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht. jtri@sneu.azm.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports