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  • Title: Five Operations That Give the Best Results after Brachial Plexus Injury.
    Author: Maldonado AA, Bishop AT, Spinner RJ, Shin AY.
    Journal: Plast Reconstr Surg; 2017 Sep; 140(3):545-556. PubMed ID: 28574948.
    Abstract:
    Treatment of brachial plexus injuries has improved slowly over the past 45 years. Changes in strategy, techniques, microsurgical equipment, and technology have expanded the surgical options for reconstructing these life-altering, highly complex injuries. The surgical techniques available include neurolysis, nerve repair, nerve grafting, nerve transfers, tendon transfer, muscle transfer, and other soft- and bony-tissue procedures. In this article, the authors have selected five surgical procedures (i.e., Oberlin procedure, Leechavengvongs procedure, free functional muscle transfer, radial nerve tendon transfers, and C5-C6 nerve grafting in obstetric birth palsy) that have consistently yielded good results in patients who require surgical reconstruction.
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