title: Treatment of combined brachial plexus and subclavian artery trauma.
abstract: Five cases of combined brachial plexus root avulsion and subclavian artery trauma are presented. A policy of preoperative myelography and minimal vascular reconstruction in the presence of root disruption is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgical Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Hawthorn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rochester
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Beard
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009049:Motorcycles; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000601:surgery*; D009192:Myelography; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*