Perioperative Radial Nerve Injury in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Abstract

The radial nerve stems from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus and supplies the upperlimb. Present case depicted an unusual left radial nerve lesion during coronary artery bypass surgery, presumably due to an external compression caused by a sternal retractor that is used for dissection of the internal mammary artery and patient was taken up for emergency surgery