Early Neurolysis in the Treatment of Injury of the Peripheral Nerves Due to Faulty Injection of Antibiotics

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THE modern treatment of all types of infectious disease by repeated intramuscular administration of antibiotics has resulted in an increased incidence of injuries of the peripheral nerves due to improper injection into or adjacent to one of the major nerve trunks. Broadbent, Odom and Woodhall‡ suggest that in view of the established toxicity of the antibiotics in the central nervous system, this paralysis probably represents a specific peripheral neuritis due to a high local concentration of the agent. Late operative observations in 2 of their 4 patients indicated an intraneural lesion rather than an extraneural compression. All their 4 patients, . . .

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