Spinal Cord Stimulation in a Patient with Preganglionic and Postganglionic Brachial Plexus Injury: A case report.
10.3344/kjp.2008.21.3.244
- Author:
Ji Hee HONG
1
;
Hyun Sug JANG
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Dong San Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. pain1004@dsmc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
brachial plexus lesion;
spinal cord stimulation
- MeSH:
Arm;
Brachial Plexus;
Humans;
Myelography;
Spinal Cord;
Spinal Cord Stimulation
- From:The Korean Journal of Pain
2008;21(3):244-247
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
After a traumatic brachial plexus injury, 80% of patients develop severe pain in the deafferentated arm. This type of pain is considered very resistant to many forms of therapy. When we plan treatments for the patient who suffer from a pain from traumatic brachial plexus injury, clarifying the location of injured nerve is very important. EMG (electromyography), NCV (nerve conduction study), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and CT (computed tomography) myelography are recommended diagnostic method for this purpose. Here, we presented a patient who was suspected to have both preganglionic and postganglionic brachial plexus lesion by EMG and NCV study, he showed favorable response after spinal cord stimulation.
