Affiliations 

  • 1 Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • 2 Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
JUMMEC, 2013;21(2):71-73.
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Abstract

We report a case of a 59-year-old gentleman with complete left brachial plexus injury. He presented with
chronic pain over the dorsum of his left hand since the injury eight years ago. Medical treatment had been
optimised but the pain still persist. End-to-side nerve transfer was done involving superficial sensory radial
nerve and median nerve to alleviate the pain. The surgery was considered successful as the patient claimed
that the pain score had reduced a few weeks postoperatively. However, there was no sensory recovery and
functionally no improvement was observed.