title: The intercosto-brachial anastomosis in the treatment of cervical roots avulsions: clinical and neurophysiological considerations.
abstract: The Authors present their surgical and clinical experience about the intercosto-brachial anastomosis for treating traumatic avulsions of the cervical roots. The most interesting aspect in the postoperative course of these patients in their ability to regain a voluntary elbow flexion independently from the respiratory activity. A dinamic SPECT examination in a small series of cases suggests that some mechanisms of functional reorganization within the brain should be involved.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosurgery, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iob
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pizzolato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cagnin
mesh_terms: D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002572:Cervical Plexus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*