Microsurgical reconstruction of obstetric brachial plexus palsy

Microsurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-112

  Chen, Liang ^a   Gu, Yu Dong ^a   Wang, Huan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; DELTOID MUSCLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSURGERY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMA; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE TRANSFER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARALYSIS, OBSTETRIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41149126687     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20459     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Smellie W. A Collection of Preternatural Cases and Observations in Midwifery, Vol. 3. London: Wilson and Durham; 1764. pp 504-507.
2. Duchenne GBA. De l'électrisation localisée et de son application à la pathologie et à la thérapeutique. Paris: JB Baillière et fils; 1872. pp 357-362.
3. Erb W. Über eine eigentümliche Lokalisation von Lähmungen im Plexusbrachialis. Naturhist Med Verh Heidelberg Verh 1874;2:130-136.
4. Klumpke A. Paralysie radiculaires du plexus brachial, paralysies radiculaires totales, paralysies radiculaires inférieures. De la participation des filets sympathiques oculo-pupillaires dans ces paralysies. Rev Med Paris 1885;5:591-616, 739-790.
5. Clarke HM, Curtis CG. An approach to obstetrical brachial plexus injuries. Hand Clin 1995;4:563-580.
6. Kennedy R. Suture of the brachial plexus in birth paralysis of the upper extremity. Br Med J 1903;1:298-301.
7. Wyeth JA, Sharpe W. The field of neurological surgery in a general hospital. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1917;24:29-36.
8. Birch R, Ahad N, Kono H, Smith S. Repair of obstetric brachial plexus palsy - Results in 100 children. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 2005;87:1089-1095.
9. Gilbert A. Long-term results of primary repair of brachial plexus lesions in children. Microsurgery 2006;26:334-342.
10. Terzis JK, Papakonstantinou KC. Management of obstetric brachial plexus palsy. Hand Clin 1999;15:717-736.
11. Waters PM. Comparison of the natural history, the outcome of microsurgical repair, and the outcome of operative reconstruction in brachial plexus birth palsy. J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 1999;81:649-659.
12. Evans-Jones G, Kay SPJ, Weindling AM, Cranny G, Ward A, Bradshaw A, Hernon C. Congenital brachial palsy: Incidence, causes, and outcome in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal 2003;88:F185-F189.
13. Sjöberg I, Erichs K, Bjerre I. Cause and effect of obstetric (neonatal) brachial plexus palsy. Acta Paediatr Scand 1988;77:357-364.
14. Narakas A. Obstetrical brachial plexus injuries. In: Lamb D, editor. The Paralyzed Hand. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 1987. pp 116-135.
15. Blaauw G, Slooff ACJM, Muhlig S. Results of surgery after breech delivery. In: Gilbert A, editor. Brachial Plexus Injuries. London: Martin Dunitz; 2002. pp 217-224.
16. Birch R. Obstetric brachial plexus palsy. In: Gupta A, Kay SPJ, Scheker LR, editors. The Growing Hand: Diagnosis Management of the Upper Extremity in Children. London: Mosby; 2000. pp 461-474.
17. Gao SC, Chen L, Meng W, Gu YD. A case control study on the risk factors related to obstetric brachial plexus palsy. Chin J Epidemiol 2005;26:676-679 (in Chinese).
18. Brunelli GA, Brunelli GR. A fourth type of brachial plexus lesion: The intermediate (C7) palsy. J Hand Surg (Br) 1991;16:492-494.
19. Gu YD, Zhang GM, Chen DS, Yan JG, Cheng XM, Chen L. Seventh cervical nerve root transfer from the contralateral healthy side for treatment of brachial plexus root avulsion. J Hand Surg (Br) 1992;17:518-521.
20. Bisinella G, Birch R. Obstetric brachial plexus lesion: A study of 74 children registered with the British Surveillance Unit. J Hand Surg (Br) 2003:28:40-45.
21. Chuang DCC, Mardini S, Ma HS. Surgical strategy for infant obstetrical brachial plexus palsy: Experiences at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. Plast Reconstr Surg 2005;116:132-142.
22. Clarke HM. Discussion. Surgical strategy for infant obstetrical brachial plexus palsy: Experiences at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. Plast Reconstr Surg 2005;116:143-144.
23. Slooff ACJ. Obstetric brachial plexus lesions and their neurosurgical treatment. Microsurgery 1995;16:30-34.
24. Vredeveld JW, Blaauw G, Slooff BA, Richards R, Rozeman SC. The findings in paediatric obstetric brachial palsy differ from those in older patients: A suggested explanation. Dev Med Child Neurol 2000;42:158-161.
25. Korak KJ, Tam SL, Gordon T, Frey M, Aszmann OC. Changes in spinal cord architecture after brachial plexus injury in the newborn. Brain 2004;127:1488-1495.
26. Chen L, Gu YD, Hu SN, Xu JG, Xu L, Yang F. Contralateral C7 transfer for the treatment of brachial plexus root avulsions in children - A report of 12 cases. J Hand Surg (Am) 2007;32:96-103.
27. Xu J, Cheng XM, Gu YD. Different methods and results in the treatment of obstetrical brachial plexus palsy. J Reconstr Microsurg 2000;16:417-420.
28. Capek L, Clarke HM, Curtis CG. Neuroma-in-continuity resection: Early outcome in obstetrical brachial plexus palsy. Plast Reconstr Surg 1998;102:1555-1562.
29. Malessy MJA, van Duinen SG, Feirabend HKP, Thomeer RTWM. Correlation between histopathological findings in C-5 and C-6 nerve stumps and motor recovery following nerve grafting for repair of brachial plexus injury. J Neurosurg 1999;91:636-644.
30. Pondaag W, de Boer R, van Wijlen-Hempel MS, Hofstede-Buitenhuis SM, Malessy MJA. External rotation as a result of suprascapular nerve neurotization in obstetric brachial plexus lesions. Neurosurgery 2005;57:530-537.
31. Gu YD, Chen L, Shen LY. Classification of impairment of shoulder abduction in obstetric brachial plexus palsy and its clinical significance. J Hand Surg 2000;25:46-48.
32. Narakas A, Herzberg G. Neuro-neural intraplexal transfers in traumatic radicular avulsions of the brachial plexus. Ann Chir Main 1985;4:211-218.
33. La Scala GC, Rice SB, Clarke HM. Complications of microsurgical reconstruction of obstetrical brachial plexus palsy. Plast Reconstr Surg 2003;111:1383-1388.
34. Strömbeck C, Krumlinde-Sundholm L, Remahl S, Sejersen T. Long-term follow-up of children with obstetric brachial plexus palsy. I. Functional aspects. Dev Med Child Neurol 2007;49:198-203.