Traction injury due toexcessive force placed on an abducted shoulderresults in violent stretching +/- tearing of the lower portion of the brachial plexus Causes Klumpke’s palsy is the rarest brachial plexus syndrome. The most common cause is atraction injuryduringdifficult childbirth, such as an ...
EDX testing for upper extremity nerve injuries, 40 patients (predominantly male and primarily American football players and wrestlers) had clinical manifestations of burner syndrome and EDX findings were consistent with a C5-C6 root or upper trunk brachial plexus injury (Krivickas and Wilbourn, 2000...
Ultrasound guidance enhances the efficiency of brachial plexus block and ameliorates the vascular injury compared with nerve stimulator guidance in hand surgery patients. J Investigative Surgery. 2020;33(6):530–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941939.2018.1539792. Article Google Scholar Jing Y, Cui Y...
The anatomy of the brachial plexus region is complex, with major structures such as nerves and blood vessels overlapping and crossing each other [1]. Compression of normal organs and neovascularization by brachial plexus tumors adds further complexity to this region, making the management of these t...
In contrast, injury to the phrenic nerve during brachial plexus surgery in infants is expected to the result in postoperative clinically significant problems in about 30% of cases [5]. These problems include respiratory distress (which may require intubation), recurrent lower respiratory tract ...
Background:Several regional anesthesia (RA) techniques have been described for distal upper limb surgery. However, the best approach in terms of RA block success rate and safety is not well recognized.Objective:To assess and compare the surgical anesthesia and efficacy of axillary brachial plexus bl...
(1) Background: Obstetric brachial plexus palsy (OBPP) is an unpredictable and unpreventable neurological injury, caused by shoulder dystocia during birth, that affects the brachial plexus and leads to motor and sensory deficits in the child’s upper extremity. The limited literature on early thera...