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Nerve injury
Peripheral nerve and brachial plexus injury
| Symptom | Injured nerve/brac plex area |
|---|---|
| Erb-Duchenne palsy (or Waiter's tip) | Upper trunk of brachial plexus (C5, C6) |
| Klumpke injury due to sudden upward jerk of arm, associated with Horner's syndrome | Lower trunk of brachial plexus (C8, T1) |
| Claw hand (impaired wrist flexion and adduction) | Ulnar nerve |
| Wrist drop | Radial nerve |
| Pain with wrist flexion due to repetitive motion injury (carpal tunnel syndrome) | Median nerve |
| Deltoid paralysis | Axillary nerve |
| Winged scapula after mastectomy | Long thoracic nerve |
| Decreased elbow flexion and loss of biceps reflex | Musculocutaneous nerve |
| Foot drop | Common peroneal nerve |
| Loss of ability to plantarflex | Tibial nerve |
| Loss of ability to make a fist | Median nerve at elbow |
| Patient unable to make an "o" with thumb and index finger | Median nerve at wrist - anterior interosseous branch |
| Anterior shoulder dislocation | Axillary nerve |
| +ve Phalen's and Tinel's tests | Median nerve at wrist |
| Loss of knee jerk reflex (due to loss of quadriceps function) and anaesthesia of anterior thigh | Femoral nerve |
| Anterior hip dislocation resulting in loss of thigh adduction | Obturator nerve |
| Loss of ability to rise from a seated position or climb stairs due to loss of gluteus maximus function | Inferior gluteal nerve |
| Positive Trendelenburg sign | Superior gluteal nerve |
| Posterior hip dislocation | Superior or inferior gluteal nerve |
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