TY - JOUR
T1 - Five operations that give the best results after brachial plexus injury
AU - Maldonado, Andrés A.
AU - Bishop, Allen T.
AU - Spinner, Robert J.
AU - Shin, Alexander Y.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Treatment of brachial plexus injuries has improved slowly over the past 45 years. Changes in strategy, techniques, microsurgical equipment, and technology have expanded the surgical options for reconstructing these lifealtering, highly complex injuries. The surgical techniques available include neurolysis, nerve repair, nerve grafting, nerve transfers, tendon transfer, muscle transfer, and other soft-and bony-tissue procedures. In this article, the authors have selected five surgical procedures (i.e., Oberlin procedure, Leechavengvongs procedure, free functional muscle transfer, radial nerve tendon transfers, and C5-C6 nerve grafting in obstetric birth palsy) that have consistently yielded good results in patients who require surgical reconstruction.
AB - Treatment of brachial plexus injuries has improved slowly over the past 45 years. Changes in strategy, techniques, microsurgical equipment, and technology have expanded the surgical options for reconstructing these lifealtering, highly complex injuries. The surgical techniques available include neurolysis, nerve repair, nerve grafting, nerve transfers, tendon transfer, muscle transfer, and other soft-and bony-tissue procedures. In this article, the authors have selected five surgical procedures (i.e., Oberlin procedure, Leechavengvongs procedure, free functional muscle transfer, radial nerve tendon transfers, and C5-C6 nerve grafting in obstetric birth palsy) that have consistently yielded good results in patients who require surgical reconstruction.
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U2 - 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003620
DO - 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003620
M3 - Article
C2 - 28574948
AN - SCOPUS:85020199489
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 140
SP - 545
EP - 556
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 3
ER -