Reasons and diagnostic errors in cases of the peripheral nerves of extremities injuring

Aim. Author presented the results of clinic-neurological and electrodiagnostical studying of 72 patients with injuries of upper and lower extremities. These injuries often are the heaviest form of motor and sensory disorders. Methods and results. This type of traumatism is accompanied by long-term violations of ability to work and high level of disability (28-75% of cases). The distribution of patients in the study was carried out according to the type, degree of damage the nerves of limbs, and forms of disturbance of the integrity of the neural trunk. In our research the most frequent were the radial nerve injury on a shoulder, and the middle and the ulnar nerves on a forearm. Conclusion. The author analyzed the tactics and diagnostic errors of surgeons by providing of the medical care for this category of patients, and specified the basic reasons of the errors and complications which take place with this type of injury.