Open AccessProximal humerus fracture associated with delayed axillary nerve injury
Author(s) -
Patpiya Sirasaporn
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the scientific society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7127
pISSN - 0974-5009
DOI - 10.4103/0974-5009.190545
Subject(s) - medicine , axillary nerve , humerus , lesion , deltoid curve , nerve injury , weakness , surgery , upper limb , anatomy , brachial plexus
Axillary nerve injury is the most common complication in humerus fracture. The symptoms that are caused by affecting axillary nerve vary according to the structures involved such as sensory disturbance and weakness of muscles, e.g., three parts of deltoid and teres muscles in an affected limb. The severity of injury is classified in demyelinating and axonal lesions, which usually occurs at the onset of fracture. The author reports a case of humerus fracture with delayed axonal lesion of axillary nerve result from inadvertent traction