JBJS case connector | 2021
Development of Parsonage-Turner Syndrome After Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block Including 10-Year Follow-up: A Case Report.
Abstract
CASE\nA 22-year-old female patient demonstrated physical examination findings of Parsonage-Turner syndrome (PTS) 5 days after left shoulder arthroscopic surgery with interscalene brachial plexus block. The diagnosis was confirmed with electrodiagnostic testing 2 weeks after surgery. Symptoms resolved spontaneously within 2 years with full return-to-preinjury sport and job activity. These outcomes were maintained at the 10-year follow-up.\n\n\nCONCLUSIONS\nPTS should be considered in the differential diagnoses for any postsurgical neurological variations after upper extremity surgery under regional anesthesia.