A study of 10 patients with brachial plexus trauma was performed to determine whether the diagnostic accuracy of sensory evoked potentials (SEPs) may be improved by using stimulation of multiple peripheral nerves (median, radial, musculocutaneous and ulnar). In addition, the relative advantages of SEPs and peripheral electrophysiological studies were considered. SEP patterns following most comm...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes and complications following free functional gracilis transfer for restoration of elbow flexion and/or finger flexion in patients with acute or chronic brachial plexus injuries. A review of 130 free functioning gracilis muscles transferred for brachial plexus injuries was undertaken to evaluate the failure rate as well as late complications....

OBJECTIVE The study aims to demonstrate the techniques employed in surgery of the brachial plexus that are associated to evidence-based improvement of the functional outcome of these patients. METHOD A retrospective study of one hundred cases of traumatic brachial plexus injuries. Comparison between the postoperative outcomes associated to some different surgical techniques was demonstrated. ...

ercutaneous brachial catheterization has become an alternative method for carotid and vertebral angiography.1 Brachial artery catheterization carries risk of injury to the adjacent median nerve with secondary epineural hemorrhage, especially in patients receiving anticoagulants.2 In the case of a mobile cubital brachial artery, it would lead to several attempts of misleading puncture injuries t...