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Birth Injuries of the Brachial Plexus
Clinics in Perinatology, 2004Birth 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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The treatment of brachial plexus injuries
International Orthopaedics, 1985The author describes 1068 patients with brachial plexus lesions who were referred to him during a period of 18 years. Seventy two percent of the injuries were caused by road traffic accidents. Traction or crush injuries were the usual type encountered. They may occur at five levels above, behind and below the clavicle.
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2012
Brachial plexus injury during central venous catheter insertion is uncommon. Understanding the anatomy and the relationship between the brachial plexus and the neck veins and arteries is highly important. The brachial plexus, stellate ganglion, vagus, accessory, hypoglossal and phrenic nerves are all closely associated with the internal jugular vein ...
Walid Faraj, Ahmad Zaghal
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Brachial plexus injury during central venous catheter insertion is uncommon. Understanding the anatomy and the relationship between the brachial plexus and the neck veins and arteries is highly important. The brachial plexus, stellate ganglion, vagus, accessory, hypoglossal and phrenic nerves are all closely associated with the internal jugular vein ...
Walid Faraj, Ahmad Zaghal
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Neonatal Brachial Plexus Injury
Pediatrics In Review, 20191. Morgen Govindan, MD* 2. Heather L. Burrows, MD, PhD* 1. *Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI Neonatal brachial plexus injury presents as weakness or paralysis of the upper extremity or extremities at birth, most often related to stretching of the ...
Morgen Govindan, Heather L. Burrows
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INFRACLAVICULAR BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURIES [PDF]
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume, 1965 Over a period of twenty years a small number of patients, thirty-one, have been seen who suffered injuries of the infraclavicular brachial plexus as a direct result of skeletal injury in the region of the shoulder joint. Except for isolated circumflex nerve injuries the prognosis is generally good whatever part of the plexus is damaged. The treatment
R. D. Leffert, Herbert Seddon
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Trauma, 2011
Brachial Plexus Injuries result from a variety of causative mechanisms. They often present in a polytraumatic setting, and as such there is often a delay in their diagnosis and treatment. An understanding of the anatomy of the Brachial Plexus, and associated clinical pictures associated with injury, allows for early diagnosis and treatment.
Ian Greaves, Christopher Bonham
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Brachial Plexus Injuries result from a variety of causative mechanisms. They often present in a polytraumatic setting, and as such there is often a delay in their diagnosis and treatment. An understanding of the anatomy of the Brachial Plexus, and associated clinical pictures associated with injury, allows for early diagnosis and treatment.
Ian Greaves, Christopher Bonham
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Gunshot Injuries to the Brachial Plexus
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1997Gunshot wounds to the brachial plexus present a specific problem in peripheral nerve surgery. The purpose of this study is to analyze the characteristics of these injuries and the possibilities for functional recovery after their surgical treatment.Retrospective analysis of nerve lesions and results of surgery.The series consists of 54 patients ...
Miroslav Samardzic +2 more
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Avulsion injury of the brachial plexus
The American Journal of Surgery, 1968Abstract Two cases of complete avulsion of the roots of the brachial plexus are presented. Both patients also had severe additional injuries. Myelography demonstrated the avulsion in the second case. In both, the useless arm was amputated at the mid-humerus level.
Arnold G. Coran +3 more
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Brachial Plexus Injury in the Newborn
Tropical Doctor, 1986Traumatisme provoque lors de l'accouchement la plupart des cas entrainent une paralysie partielle ou totale des membres superieurs.
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Managing brachial plexus injuries
Nursing Standard, 1994People who are injured in severe traumatic incidents such as motorcycle accidents and knife or gunshot attacks generally require intensive, life-saving surgical intervention for head, chest or spinal injuries. One of the problems associated with such accidents is brachial plexus injury.
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