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Cutaneous hypoesthesia following plate fixation in clavicle fractures
BACKGROUND: We report the functional impact and natural history of cutaneous hypoesthesia after plate internal fixation for mid shaft clavicle fractures with a horizontal skin incision from year 2009 to 2011. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 38 patients had complete followup data with an average followup peri...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24600056 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.125478 |
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author | Wang, Lushun Ang, Muliang Lee, Keng Thiam Naidu, Ganesan Kwek, EBK |
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description | BACKGROUND: We report the functional impact and natural history of cutaneous hypoesthesia after plate internal fixation for mid shaft clavicle fractures with a horizontal skin incision from year 2009 to 2011. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 38 patients had complete followup data with an average followup period of 23.2 months (range 8-43 months). The impact of supraclavicular nerve injury was studied by assessment of the incidence, functional impact and natural history of numbness with detailed review of the case records and phone questionnaires. RESULTS: The incidence of postoperative numbness was 55.3% (n = 21). Most patients reported the numbness to be at its worst within the first operative month. At the time of worst numbness, 28.6% (n = 6/21) of patients reported the numbness to be severe while 42.9% (n = 9/21) reported moderate numbness and 28.6% (n = 6/21) reported mild numbness. Fifteen of these patients described increased awareness of numbness during contact with straps or clothes. Two patients were significantly bothered by this numbness; 4 patients stated that it was a moderate bother while 7 patients considered it a mild bother. A total of 8 patients reported that they were not bothered at all by the numbness. An overwhelming majority of affected patients (90.5%, n = 19/21) reported an improvement in the severity of numbness felt over time. At the last followup, the incidence of numbness declined from 55.3% to 36.8% with 7 patients reporting complete resolution of numbness. The numbness however was found to persist in 66.7% of patients. Only 1 patient reported continued severe numbness. The awareness of numbness with straps and clothing was severe in 5 patients. None of the patients were significantly bothered by this numbness. CONCLUSIONS: Cutaneous sensory loss is a common occurrence following plate fixation of the clavicle and might have been under reported in the literature. The numbness improves in the vast majority, but commonly persists to some degree for up to 2 years and maybe permanent. However, only a small minority eventually considered the numbness a significant “bother” and to affect them while wearing clothing or when in contact with shoulder straps. |
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spelling | pubmed-39311382014-03-05 Cutaneous hypoesthesia following plate fixation in clavicle fractures Wang, Lushun Ang, Muliang Lee, Keng Thiam Naidu, Ganesan Kwek, EBK Indian J Orthop Original Article BACKGROUND: We report the functional impact and natural history of cutaneous hypoesthesia after plate internal fixation for mid shaft clavicle fractures with a horizontal skin incision from year 2009 to 2011. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 38 patients had complete followup data with an average followup period of 23.2 months (range 8-43 months). The impact of supraclavicular nerve injury was studied by assessment of the incidence, functional impact and natural history of numbness with detailed review of the case records and phone questionnaires. RESULTS: The incidence of postoperative numbness was 55.3% (n = 21). Most patients reported the numbness to be at its worst within the first operative month. At the time of worst numbness, 28.6% (n = 6/21) of patients reported the numbness to be severe while 42.9% (n = 9/21) reported moderate numbness and 28.6% (n = 6/21) reported mild numbness. Fifteen of these patients described increased awareness of numbness during contact with straps or clothes. Two patients were significantly bothered by this numbness; 4 patients stated that it was a moderate bother while 7 patients considered it a mild bother. A total of 8 patients reported that they were not bothered at all by the numbness. An overwhelming majority of affected patients (90.5%, n = 19/21) reported an improvement in the severity of numbness felt over time. At the last followup, the incidence of numbness declined from 55.3% to 36.8% with 7 patients reporting complete resolution of numbness. The numbness however was found to persist in 66.7% of patients. Only 1 patient reported continued severe numbness. The awareness of numbness with straps and clothing was severe in 5 patients. None of the patients were significantly bothered by this numbness. CONCLUSIONS: Cutaneous sensory loss is a common occurrence following plate fixation of the clavicle and might have been under reported in the literature. The numbness improves in the vast majority, but commonly persists to some degree for up to 2 years and maybe permanent. However, only a small minority eventually considered the numbness a significant “bother” and to affect them while wearing clothing or when in contact with shoulder straps. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3931138/ /pubmed/24600056 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.125478 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Orthopaedics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Wang, Lushun Ang, Muliang Lee, Keng Thiam Naidu, Ganesan Kwek, EBK Cutaneous hypoesthesia following plate fixation in clavicle fractures |
title | Cutaneous hypoesthesia following plate fixation in clavicle fractures |
title_full | Cutaneous hypoesthesia following plate fixation in clavicle fractures |
title_fullStr | Cutaneous hypoesthesia following plate fixation in clavicle fractures |
title_full_unstemmed | Cutaneous hypoesthesia following plate fixation in clavicle fractures |
title_short | Cutaneous hypoesthesia following plate fixation in clavicle fractures |
title_sort | cutaneous hypoesthesia following plate fixation in clavicle fractures |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24600056 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.125478 |
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