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Complications after medullary thyroid carcinoma surgery: multicentre study of the SQRTPA and EUROCRINE® databases

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
This study investigated postoperative complications after surgery for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in Europe. Hypoparathyroidism, recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and bleeding requiring reoperation occurred in 170 (26·2 per cent), 62 (13·7 per cent) and 17 (2·6 per cent) patients respectively.
D.‐J. van Beek, M. Almquist, A. O. Bergenfelz, T. J. Musholt, E. Nordenström, on behalf of the EUROCRINE® Council, M. Almquist, M. Barczynski, L. Brunaud, T. Clerici, M. H. Hansen, M. Iacobone, Ö. Makay, F. F. Palazzo, N. Muñoz‐Pérez, M. Raffaelli, P. Riss, S. van Slycke, M. R. Vriens   +18 more
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Passage through the carotid sheath: An alternative path to the pre-spinal route for direct repair of contralateral C7 to the lower trunk in total brachial plexus root avulsion injury

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2016
Context: In surgical management of global brachial plexus injuries, direct repair of contralateral C7 (cC7) to the anterior division of the lower trunk, can produce good extrinsic finger flexion.
Piyush Bhupendra Doshi, Yogesh Chimanbhai Bhatt   +1 more
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First Study of the Prevalence and Characterization of Brachial Plexus Injuries in Guatemala

Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury, 2021
Objective This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of brachial plexus injuries and to characterize clinically and epidemiologically patients with brachial plexus injury. Materials and Methods In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 2,923
Carmen Joanna González Lemus, Fernando Xavier Romero Prieto   +1 more
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BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURIES [PDF]

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume, 1987
In the last 10 years lesions of the brachial plexus have become increasingly common and advances in diagnosis and innovations in technique have necessarily occurred. Since 1977 over 1000 patients with lesions of the brachial plexus have been seen at St Mary's and The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals in London; this total excludes obstetric palsies ...
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Brachial plexus injury after clavicle fracture operation: a case report and literature review

BMC Surgery, 2021
Background Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is the preferred choice for treating clavicle fractures. The brachial plexus injury caused by ORIF of a clavicle fracture is very rare.
Zhenyu Cao, Yufei Hou, Xiaochen Su, Menghao Teng, Wenchen Ji, Meng Li   +5 more
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Timing of surgery in traumatic brachial plexus injury: a systematic review.

Journal of Neurosurgery, 2019
OBJECTIVEIdeal timeframes for operating on traumatic stretch and blunt brachial plexus injuries remain a topic of debate. Whereas on the one hand spontaneous recovery might occur, on the other hand, long delays are believed to result in poorer functional
Enrico Martin, J. Senders, Aislyn C. DiRisio, T. Smith, M. Broekman   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The assisting hand assessment for children and youth with brachial plexus birth injury: a study of validity and item hierarchy of AHA-Plex

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023
Objective: Functional assessments that focus on activity performance and that produce valid outcome measures for people with brachial plexus birth injury are lacking.
Marie Holmefur, Ann-Kristin Gunnes Elvrum, Lena Krumlinde-Sundholm   +2 more
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Human amniotic epithelial cell transplantation for the repair of injured brachial plexus nerve: evaluation of nerve viscoelastic properties

Neural Regeneration Research, 2015
The transplantation of embryonic stem cells can effectively improve the creeping strength of nerves near an injury site in animals. Amniotic epithelial cells have similar biological properties as embryonic stem cells; therefore, we hypothesized that ...
Hua Jin, Qi Yang, Feng Ji, Ya-jie Zhang, Yan Zhao, Min Luo   +5 more
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Treatment Trends of Adult Brachial Plexus Injury: A Bibliometric Analysis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021
Background:. Brachial plexus injury is often debilitating because it can severely impair upper extremity function and, thus, quality of life. The surgical treatment of injuries to the brachial plexus is very demanding because it requires a profound ...
Urška Čebron, MBBS, Johannes A. Mayer, MD, Chao Lu, MSc, Adrien Daigeler, MD, Cosima Prahm, PhD, Jonas Kolbenschlag, MD   +5 more
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Application of magnetic resonance neurography in neonatal brachial plexus injury: A case report and literature review

Radiology Case Reports, 2022
Neonatal obstetric brachial plexus palsy is common in newborns with fetal macrosomia, especially those who are delivered vaginally with shoulder dystocia or breech delivery.
Lili Zang, Tong Yu, Xiaomin Duan, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jiexin Zhang, Jie Wang   +5 more
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