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Operative Brachial Plexus Surgery: Brachial Plexus Birth Injury – Neurodiagnostic Evaluation

2021
Neurodiagnostic evaluation of children with a brachial plexus birth injury should ideally serve to express severity of the nerve lesion with the goals of early prognostication and aid to set the indication for nerve reconstructive surgery.
Willem Pondaag, Martijn Tannemaat
exaly   +2 more sources

Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries

Orthopedic Clinics of North America, 2022
Brachial plexus birth injuries (BPBIs) are typically traction type injuries to the newborn that occur during the delivery process. Although the incidence of these injuries has overall decreased from 1.5 to around 0.9 per 1000 live births in the United States over the past 2 decades, these injuries remain common, with incidence holding fairly steady ...
James S, Lin, Julie Balch, Samora
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Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries

JBJS Reviews, 2021
» The incidence of brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI) in the United States is declining and now occurs in <1 per 1,000 births.» The gold standard for predicting the need for early intervention remains serial examination.» Early treatment of BPBI with reconstructive surgery requires the ability to perform both ...
Nicholas Pulos   +3 more
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Birth Injuries of the Brachial Plexus

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1981
Between March 1969 and May 1978, 36 babies sustained birth injuries of the brachial plexus at the National Women's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. This gives an incidence of 0.87 per 1000 live births. Nearly 80 per cent of these children had made a complete recovery by the age of 13 months, while none of those with significant residual defects has ...
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Birth Injuries of the Brachial Plexus

Clinics in Perinatology, 2004
Birth injuries of the brachial plexus are fairly common, but the majority of affected newborns make quick recoveries without any specific intervention. A minority suffer more severe injuries that lead to varying degrees of life-long disability. Happily, modern microsurgical techniques permit reconstruction of certain plexus injuries and, in carefully ...
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