title: Identification of the spinal accessory nerve within the surgical field during primary exploration of the brachial plexus in infants with obstetric palsy.
abstract: This report describes our technique for identifying the spinal accessory nerve during primary exploration of the brachial plexus in infants with obstetric palsy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. moqattan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mohammad M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Al-Qattan
authors.forename: Ashraf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El-Shayeb
mesh_terms: D000055:Accessory Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000293:injuries*; D020516:Brachial Plexus Neuropathies / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010246:Paralysis, Obstetric / Q000150:complications