Brachial plexus injury following liver transplantation

Neurology. 1989 May;39(5):736-8. doi: 10.1212/wnl.39.5.736.

Abstract

We examined 7 adults with brachial plexus injury following liver transplantation; they were among 120 transplants performed over a 10-month period (incidence, 5.8%). The lesion was right-sided in 5 patients, left-sided in 1, and bilateral in 1. The affected side correlated with the axillary veno-venous shunt in 3 lesions only. All noted weakness and sensory loss shortly after recovery from general anesthesia. The EMG examination indicated axonal lesions, and recovery was protracted.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brachial Plexus / injuries*
  • Brachial Plexus / physiopathology
  • Electromyography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Postoperative Complications*