[Clinical and electrophysiological examination of brachial plexus in females after radiotherapy and surgical treatment for breast cancer].

Clinical and electrophysiological examinations of the brachial plexus was carried out in 61 women after radiotherapy following operation for breast cancer. A number of clinical abnormalities were found such as hypeaesthesia, hyporeflexia, muscular atrophy, lymphoedema of the extremity which were confirmed by electrophysiological examination. The most common findings were of neurogenic muscular atrophy in the involved extremity, less frequent was slower nerve conduction on the affected side. The analysis of the results suggested mixed type of brachial plexus lesions diagnosed in these cases as late brachial plexopathy.