Imaging of the brachial plexus in infants and young children with birth-related brachial palsy may become more frequent in view of recent renewed interest in the surgical repair of these injuries [1). The usefulness of MR for imaging the brachial plexus has been described recently [2, 3). MR may provide an alternative, noninvasive means of studying patients with obstetric palsy. To our knowledg...

Management of brachial plexus injury sequelae is a challenging issue in neurorehabilitation. In the last decades great strides have been made in the areas of early diagnosis and surgical techniques. Conversely, rehabilitation of brachial plexus injury is a relatively unexplored field. Some critical aspects regarding brachial plexus injury rehabilitation have to be acknowledged. First, brachial ...

INTRODUCTION Axillary artery injury in the shoulder region following blunt trauma without association with either shoulder dislocation or fracture of the humeral neck has been previously reported. Axillary artery injury might also be accompanied with brachial plexus injury. However, delayed onset of brachial plexus palsy caused by a compressive hematoma associated with axillary injury after blu...

Comment on 'Capnography as an aid in localizing the phrenic nerve in brachial plexus surgery. Technical note' Bhagat H, Agarwal A, Sharma MSJournal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2008, 3:14 (22 May 2008).

Brachial plexus injury is very rare in neurosurgical practice, so many neurosurgeons have never experienced this problem in Japan. This study describes a clinical analysis of 16 patients aged 5 to 62 years (mean 32.9 years) who presented at our institution with brachial plexus injuries. Nine patients presented with paralysis and seven with paresis. Head injury was the most common associated inj...

Brachial plexus injury is known to be one of the most serious upper limb injuries, causes paralysis limbs and changes in activity daily living, with consequence disruption socio-economic problems, depression, hopelessness. Management must done properly. The evaluation examination consist detailed anamnesis on chronological events, complete physical examination, imaging studies, electrophysiolog...

Response to comments on 'Capnography as an aid in localizing the phrenic nerve in brachial plexus surgery. Technical note' Bhagat H, Agarwal A, Sharma MS Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2008, 3:14 (22 May 2008)

brachial plexus injury (bpi) is an uncommon complication of median sternotomy capable of causing a permanent or transitory sensitivity and/or motor function impairment in the upper limbs. during a cardiac surgery through sternotomy, for the assessment of the thoracic cage configuration and the site of mediastinal structures, a broader surgical field may be required. if the sternal retractors ar...