A patient was operated for forearm fracture under general anesthesia under tourniquet. Following surgery, he was unable to move his fingers and there was sensory loss over the whole hand. Most common type of injury is:
Ans. A. NeuropraxiaTourniquet paralysis is usually Neuropraxia. Application of tourniquet may press on all the nerves passing beneath it, resulting in mostly neuropraxia.
Neuropraxia
Axonotmesis
Neurotmesis
None of the above
Peripheral Nerve Injuries