Surgical Treatment of Brachial Plexus Injury

1988 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 1165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myung Chul Yoo ◽  
Duke Whan Chung ◽  
Jung Soo Han ◽  
Keun Young Lee
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Brachial Plexus ◽  
Brachial Plexus Injury

scholarly journals Neurological recovery after surgical treatment of giant cervical pseudomeningoceles extending to lumbar spine associated with previous brachial plexus injury

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (S2) ◽  
pp. 206-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihisa Kotani ◽  
Kuniyoshi Abumi ◽  
Manabu Ito ◽  
Satoshi Terae ◽  
Yukiyoshi Hisada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Lumbar Spine ◽  
Brachial Plexus ◽  
Brachial Plexus Injury ◽  
Neurological Recovery

scholarly journals Evidence that nerve surgery improves functional outcome for obstetric brachial plexus injury

2020 ◽  
pp. 175319342093467
Author(s):  
Willem Pondaag ◽  
Martijn J. A. Malessy
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Brachial Plexus ◽  
Spontaneous Recovery ◽  
Brachial Plexus Injury ◽  
Nerve Repair ◽  
Functional Evaluation ◽  
Nerve Reconstruction ◽  
Obstetric Brachial Plexus ◽  
Nerve Surgery ◽  
Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury

The majority of children with obstetric brachial plexus injury show some degree of spontaneous recovery. This review explores the available evidence for the use surgical brachial plexus repair to improve outcome. So far, no randomized trial has been performed to evaluate the usefulness of nerve repair. The evidence level of studies comparing surgical treatment with non-surgical treatment is Level IV at best. The studies on natural history that are used for comparison with surgical series are also, unfortunately, of too low quality. Among experts, however, the general agreement is that nerve reconstruction is indicated when spontaneous recovery is absent or severely delayed at specific time points. A major obstacle in comparing or pooling obstetric brachial plexus injury patient series, either surgical or non-surgical, is the use of many different outcome measures. A requirement for multicentre studies is consensus on how to assess and report outcome, both concerning motor performance and functional evaluation.

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