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The O’Brien test demonstrates a higher diagnostic value in identifying posteroinferior labral tears than superior labral anterior to posterior (SLAP) tears

JSES International, 2023
Background: The primary aim was to determine the diagnostic value of the O’Brien test in localizing labral tears of the shoulder. Methods: A consecutive series of patients electing for labral repair between January 2005 and March 2021 were included in ...
Geert Alexander Buijze, MD, PhD, Sandrine Mariaux, MD, Sanne H. van Spanning, MD, Lukas P.E. Verweij, BSc, Sybren K. van Rijn, BSc, Laurent Lafosse, MD, Thibault Lafosse, MD   +6 more
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Vascularization of air sinuses and fat bodies in the head of the Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): morphological implications on physiology

Frontiers in Physiology, 2012
Cetaceans have long been considered capable of limiting diving-induced nitrogen absorption and subsequent decompression sickness through a series of behavioral, anatomical, and physiological adaptations.
Alex eCostidis, Sentiel A Rommel
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Using the main elbow flexion skin crease as an intraoperative parameter to determine the degree of exorotation needed for humeral derotational osteotomies in upper-type brachial plexus patients

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2018
Even though one of the surgical techniques most frequently used to correct external rotation deformity of the shoulder in brachial plexus patients is a humeral derotational osteotomy, few intraoperative parameters has yet been identified to determine the
Flavio César Ivalde, Gustavo Nizzo Miguens, Mariano Socolovsky   +2 more
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Duplication in the formation of median nerve - a case report

National Journal of Clinical Anatomy, 2015
The median nerve is formed in the axilla by fusion of the two roots from the lateral and medial cords.The present case report describes an anomalous presentation of double formation of median nerve and its relation with axillary and brachial arteries ...
Gyata Mehta, Varsha Mokhasi
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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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Choroid Plexus Cysts [PDF]

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 2006
Research shows that there is an association between choroid plexus cysts and aneuploidy. Family physicians treating prenatal patients should understand the management of this sonographic finding.To determine the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management of prenatal choroid plexus cysts.A 23-year-old patient, gravida 1, para 0, was seen at an inner ...
Jose A, Lopez, Douglas, Reich
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Use of a Pedicled Vascularized Ulnar Nerve as a Long Graft for Complete Brachial Plexus Palsy in Adults to Restore Elbow Flexion: Should this Practice Continue?

Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury
Restoring elbow flexion is a priority in adults with complete brachial plexus palsy. If the nerve root is not avulsed, a graft can be placed between the existing root and the musculocutaneous nerve.
Camille Echalier, Jean Noël Goubier
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MRI for Detecting Root Avulsions in Traumatic Adult Brachial Plexus Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy.

Radiology, 2019
Background Traumatic brachial plexus injuries affect 1% of patients involved in major trauma. MRI is the best test for traumatic brachial plexus injuries, although its ability to differentiate root avulsions (which require urgent reconstructive surgery ...
R. Wade, Y. Takwoingi, J. Wormald, J. Ridgway, S. Tanner, J. Rankine, G. Bourke   +6 more
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Pronator Quadratus to Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis Nerve Transfer in C5–C7 or C5–C8 Brachial Plexus Injuries for Independent Wrist Extension

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2020
Background Patients with lesions affecting C7 and C8 roots (in addition to C56) demonstrate loss of independent wrist dorsiflexion in addition to loss of shoulder abduction and elbow flexion.
Anil Bhatia, Mahmoud Salama
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A Comparison of Patients from Argentina and Germany to Assess Factors Impacting Brachial Plexus and Brain Injury

Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury, 2019
Background Traumatic brachial plexus injuries (BPIs) represent a major cause of disability in young patients. The purpose of this study was to compare two populations (from Argentina and Germany) who suffered a traumatic BPI after a motorcycle accident ...
Mariano Socolovsky, Gregor Antoniadis, Ana Lovaglio, Gregor Durner, Gonzalo Bonilla, Markus Schmidhammer, Gilda di Masi   +6 more
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