Traumatic Nerve Lesions Require Pre-operative and Post-operative Assessment Through Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
Abstract
We read with interest the article by Gupta et al about 18 patients with occupational nerve injuries caused by metallic foreign bodies while operating lathes. Two patients were found to have more than one nerve injury and one patient had an associated vascular injury. The most commonly injured nerve was the median nerve. The most common site for nerve injury was the forearm. Combined lesions most commonly affected the ulnar and median nerves. It was concluded that the costs of traumatic peripheral nerve injuries are significant because they occur particularly frequent in young, previously healthy and economically active people. The study is impressive, but some points require further discussion.
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