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Elucidating children's understanding of brachial plexus birth injury. [PDF]
J Child Health Care, 2023 Facilitating children’s understanding of their medical condition can improve health outcomes and psychosocial well-being. To inform how medical information is delivered, an interpretive qualitative approach was used to explore children’s understanding of their brachial plexus birth injury.
Goldsand M, Lai K, Davidge K, Ho ES.
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Brachial Plexus Birth Injury: Treatment and Interventions. [PDF]
Plast Surg (Oakv)Introduction: Brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI) is a condition affecting newborns and involves damage to the nerve fibers compromising the brachial plexus during birth. Although most newborns recover spontaneously, a large subset require surgery to regain function, and others will have permanent disability ...
O'Shea G, Patel SS, Mailey BA.
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Management of Brachial Plexus Birth Injury: The SickKids Experience. [PDF]
Semin Plast Surg, 2023 AbstractThis article describes the approach utilized by the multidisciplinary team at Sick Kids Hospital to evaluate and treat patients with brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI). This approach has been informed by more than 30 years of experience treating over 1,800 patients with BPBI and continues to evolve over time.
Cawthorn TR +3 more
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Impact of simulation training on the management of shoulder dystocia and incidence of permanent brachial plexus birth injury: An observational study [PDF]
BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2023 Mika Gissler, Marja Kaijomaa
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Ethnic background as a risk factor for permanent brachial plexus birth injury: A population-based study [PDF]
Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica ScandinavicaMika Gissler +2 more
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Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 1991 Brachial plexus birth injuries occur at a frequency of 1-2 per 1000 births. Many of these injuries spontaneously resolve. Should spontaneous recovery not occur within the first 4-6 months of life, the prognosis for attaining movement and function of the affected appendage is significantly impaired.
J, Brucker +6 more
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Brachial Plexus Ultrasound and MRI in Children with Brachial Plexus Birth Injury [PDF]
American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2018 Brachial plexus birth injury is caused by traction on the neck during delivery and results in flaccid palsy of an upper extremity commonly involving C5-C6 nerve roots. MR imaging and MR myelography help to assess the anatomic location, extent, and severity of brachial plexus injuries which influence the long-term prognosis along with the surgical ...
A. Gunes +3 more
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Risk Factors for Brachial Plexus Birth Injury [PDF]
Children, 2018 Over the course of decades, the incidence of brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI) has increased despite advances in healthcare which would seem to assist in decreasing the rate. The aim of this study is to identify previously unknown risk factors for BPBI and the risk factors with potential to guide preventative measures.
Louden, Emily +5 more
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Treatment of shoulder sequelae in brachial plexus birth injury [PDF]
Acta Orthopaedica, 2011 Many children with permanent brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI) develop shoulder problems, with subsequent joint deformity without treatment. We assessed the indications and outcome of shoulder operations for BPBI.31 BPBI patients who had undergone a shoulder operation in our hospital between March 2002 and December 2005 were included in the study ...
Lamminen Antti +7 more
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Prevention of Brachial Plexus Injuries at Birth [PDF]
Journal of Gynecological Research and Obstetrics, 2015 Medicine is a fast evolving even if inexact science. Built in ancient times upon insightful observations of Egyptian, Greek and Arabic physicians [11. Lyons AS, Petrucelli RJ II (1978) Medicine. An Illustrated History. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York.], its progress was spearheaded by European (mainly British, French, German and Austrian) scientists ...
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