Identification of the spinal accessory nerve within the surgical field during primary exploration of the brachial plexus in infants with obstetric palsy.
This report describes our technique for identifying the spinal accessory nerve during primary exploration of the brachial plexus in infants with obstetric palsy.
Al-Qattan
Mohammad M
MM
Division of Plastic Surgery, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. moqattan@hotmail.com
El-Shayeb
Ashraf
A
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