Parálisis aislada del nervio axilar tras liposucción, una complicación excepcional

• DOI: 10.1016/j.neucir.2021.04.006
• Publication Date: 2021-06-18T12:17:32Z
• Authors: Pablo Martínez Núñez; Mónica Pérez Gonz...; Ángel Juárez Cordero
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine

Isolated injury to the axillary nerve associated with the patients surgical position is a very rare complication, and in most cases it is associated with the prone during spinal surgery. The presentation of this pathology in relation to surgeries of another nature is exceptional, with only a few cases in the scientific literature. We present the case of a patient who developed symptoms of isolated left axillary nerve palsy after undergoing lipoabdominoplasty and breast reduction, in which the prone and supine positions were alternated. The use of an infiltration solution with lidocaine and epinephrine could have contributed to the appearance of the lesion in this unique case. Finally, the clinical picture was fully resolved thanks to conservative treatment.