Persistence of Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy among Nulliparous Versus Parous Women

Causes of neonatal brachial plexus palsy.

The causes of brachial plexus palsy in neonates should be classified according to their most salient associated feature. The causes of brachial plexus palsy are obstetrical brachial plexus palsy, familial congenital brachial plexus palsy, maternal uterine malformation, congenital varicella syndrome, osteomyelitis involving the proximal head of the humerus or cervical vertebral bodies, exostosis...

Current concepts: neonatal brachial plexus palsy.

Traumatic Brachial Plexus Palsy

AIm: Treatment options for traumatic brachial plexus injuries include nerve grafting, or neurotization. The type of lesion and the reconstructive procedures affect functional results and postoperative pain relief. mAterIAl and methOds: A total number of twenty five patients suffering from post-traumatic brachial plexus injury were included in the study. The patients underwent exploration and pr...

Birth Brachial Plexus Palsy

Birth brachial plexus palsy (BBPP) injury occurs in approximately 1 to 2/1,000 live births. This number has not changed significantly over the years. In most infants, clinical symptoms eventually resolve. As reported in the literature, between 50 and 95% of affected infants will recover. In this chapter, we review risk factors and describe the anatomy involved. We also discuss the clinical eval...

Hormone-related risk factors and postmenopausal breast cancer among nulliparous versus parous women: An aggregated study.

Nulliparity is an established breast cancer risk factor, particularly when compared with parity at young ages. The authors aggregated data from 4 US prospective studies (1979-2006) including 32,641 nulliparous (1,612 breast cancers) and 204,270 parous (8,180 breast cancers) women to examine the hypothesis that nulliparity may increase susceptibility to established postmenopausal breast cancer r...