Transfer of the phrenic nerve to musculocutaneous nerve via sural nerve graft after total brachial plexus injury.

Autor: Macêdo LP; Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, Brazil., Freire Filho JBM; Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, Brazil., de Souza FHM; Peripheral Nerves Section, Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, Brazil., Almeida NS; Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, Brazil., Azevedo-Filho HRC; Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: British journal of neurosurgery [Br J Neurosurg] 2024 Apr; Vol. 38 (2), pp. 546-547. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 26.
DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1908518
Abstrakt: A middle age male presented a right total brachial plexus injury after motorcycle fall one year ago. Subsequent electromyographic evaluation was consistent with C5, C6, C7, C8 and T1 root avulsion. The patient was submitted to a right transfer of the phrenic nerve to musculocutaneous nerve , using rural nerve graft.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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