Median nerve to biceps nerve transfer to restore elbow flexion in obstetric brachial plexus palsy.
| Autor: | Al-Qattan MM; Department of Surgery, King Saud University, P.O. Box 18097, Riyadh 11415, Saudi Arabia ; Medical College, King Saud University, P.O. Box 18097, Riyadh 11415, Saudi Arabia., Al-Kharfy TM; Medical College, King Saud University, P.O. Box 18097, Riyadh 11415, Saudi Arabia ; Department of Pediatrics, King Saud University, P.O. Box 18097, Riyadh 11415, Saudi Arabia. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | BioMed research international [Biomed Res Int] 2014; Vol. 2014, pp. 854084. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jan 09. |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2014/854084 |
| Abstrakt: | Median nerve to biceps nerve transfer in the arm has been reported only in adults. The following paper reports on 10 cases of this transfer in obstetric brachial plexus palsy. All patients had upper palsy (ERb's or extended ERb's palsy) and presented to the author late (13-19 months of age) with poor or no recovery of elbow flexion. Following the nerve transfer, nine children recovered elbow flexion (a score of 6 in one child and a score of 7 in eight children by the Toronto scale). The remaining child did not recover elbow flexion. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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