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Brachial Plexus Injuries - Coggle Diagram
Brachial Plexus Injuries
DEFINITION
sudden damage to a group of nerves and may cause weakness ,loss of feeling, or loss of movement in the shoulder, arm or hand
ETIOLOGY
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falls, MVA ,knife, gunshot wounds, motorcycle collisions
Types of injury
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Upper trunk palsy
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unable to raise shoulder , weakness in the arm, unable bend arm
loss of sensation in shoulder, thumb, outside of arm
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Artery/vein injuries , fractures(shoulder,arm,rib, spine) , collapsed lung,spinal cord injury, TBI
CLINICAL FEATURES
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Horner's syndrome
drooping/failing upper eyelid, constricted pupil & loss of sweating
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