Brachial Plexus Neuropraxia in Immediate Postoperative Period After Unilateral Total Mastectomy in a Hospital in Southern Huila: Case Report

Mario German Orozco Sandoval; Felipe Andres Beltran Torres; Laura Cristina Fandiño; Nellyth Julieth España Tobar; Stefany Mejía Buesaquillo; Xsara Camila Rodríguez Cerón; Alejandra Katherine Franco Torres

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Brachial Plexus Neuropraxia in Immediate Postoperative Period After Unilateral Total Mastectomy in a Hospital in Southern Huila: Case Report

Mario German Orozco Sandoval, Felipe Andres Beltran Torres, Laura Cristina Fandiño, Nellyth Julieth España Tobar, Stefany Mejía Buesaquillo, Xsara Camila Rodríguez Cerón, Alejandra Katherine Franco Torres

Published in International Journal of Anesthesia and Clinical Medicine (Volume 9, Issue 2)

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Gynecomastia is a pathology in which there is an increase of the mammary gland in men, its etiology is varied and imprecise, the incidence ranges between 32 to 36%, the diagnosis is based on anamnesis and physical examination directed to define if it is physiological or requires medical intervention, the therapeutic conduct of choice is surgical treatment consisting of bilateral or unilateral mastectomy as the case may be, like other surgical interventions, breast surgery can give rise to neurological lesions evidenced in the immediate postoperative period, most of which are not related to the surgical act but to the position of the patient during the procedure. Neurological lesions of peripheral nerves refer to a transient dysfunction without structural damage until the permanent loss of the integrity of the peripheral nerve. In relation to the present case the lesions specifically of the brachial plexus correspond to 2⁄3 of the lesions produced during the perioperative period affecting the sensory and motor innervation for the entire upper limb since it is constituted by the communications that are established between the anterior branches of the spinal nerves; It is a rare event with an incidence that corresponds to less than 1%, it is a phenomenon difficult to identify and prevent due to its multifactorial etiology, however, mechanical factors related to the patient's position during the procedure such as hyperabduction of the upper limb or hyperextension in external rotation of the upper limb are associated as the main risk factors. Its exact incidence is unknown because most of the published cases do not show neurological lesions, thus motivating the report of the present case.

Published in	International Journal of Anesthesia and Clinical Medicine (Volume 9, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijacm.20210902.14
Page(s)	38-40
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Brachial Plexus, Peripheral Nerve Injuries, Brachial Plexus Neuropathies

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Mario German Orozco Sandoval, Felipe Andres Beltran Torres, Laura Cristina Fandiño, Nellyth Julieth España Tobar, Stefany Mejía Buesaquillo, et al. Brachial Plexus Neuropraxia in Immediate Postoperative Period After Unilateral Total Mastectomy in a Hospital in Southern Huila: Case Report. Int J Anesth Clin Med. 2021;9(2):38-40. doi: 10.11648/j.ijacm.20210902.14

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Mario German Orozco Sandoval

Department of Anesthesiology and General Surgery, San Antonio de Pitalito Hospital, Pitalito, Colombia
Felipe Andres Beltran Torres

Department of Anesthesiology and General Surgery, San Antonio de Pitalito Hospital, Pitalito, Colombia
Laura Cristina Fandiño
Nellyth Julieth España Tobar
Stefany Mejía Buesaquillo

Department of Anesthesiology and General Surgery, San Antonio de Pitalito Hospital, Pitalito, Colombia
Xsara Camila Rodríguez Cerón

Department of Anesthesiology and General Surgery, San Antonio de Pitalito Hospital, Pitalito, Colombia
Alejandra Katherine Franco Torres

Department of Anesthesiology and General Surgery, San Antonio de Pitalito Hospital, Pitalito, Colombia

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Mario German Orozco Sandoval, Felipe Andres Beltran Torres, Laura Cristina Fandiño, Nellyth Julieth España Tobar, Stefany Mejía Buesaquillo, et al. Brachial Plexus Neuropraxia in Immediate Postoperative Period After Unilateral Total Mastectomy in a Hospital in Southern Huila: Case Report. Int J Anesth Clin Med. 2021;9(2):38-40. doi: 10.11648/j.ijacm.20210902.14

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