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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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Histopathological nerve assessment in brachial plexus birth injuries

Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation, 2021
In children suffering from brachial plexus birth injuries (BPBI), one major difficulty concerns intraoperative selection of the roots to be used for reconstruction. Between November 2018 and August 2020, surgical qualitative evaluations and pathological quantitative analyses were conducted on 52 roots and 29 distal neural stumps (trunks, divisions ...
Lorie, Bellity +4 more
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