On the issue of damage to the nerve trunks during intramuscular injections

Abstract

Cases of damage to the nerve trunks during intramuscular injections are now quite rare, since they can be avoided by strictly observing the rules for choosing the injection site. In the old manuals of Oppenheim and Lewandowski and in the newest manuals of Kraus and Brugsch (Toby Cohn), injections of various medications are indicated as the etiological moment of damage to the sciatic nerve. Injections of quinine and its compounds in the treatment of malaria, as well as injections of bioquinol, in some cases cause injury to peripheral nerves.

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