Brachial plexus surgery (honorary lecture).
Brachial plexus injuries (B.p.i.) are lesions occurring more and more frequently due to high velocity road and sport traumas. They are severe lesions with disabling sequelae. Surgical procedures and results could greatly be improved in the last 2 decades. Although the anatomy of brachial plexus is well known, less known are the functional maps of the various brachial plexus elements. In this paper treatment modalities for obstetrical, traumatic (adult) and actinic B.p.i. are being described too.
Director Foundation for Research on Spinal Cord Lesions, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy. brunell.g@dracmanet.com
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D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D020516:Brachial Plexus Neuropathies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016067:Nerve Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery