Obstetric Brachial Plexus Palsy: A Large Animal Model for Traction Injury and its Repair
| Autor: | D. V. Lenihan, L. M. Myles, A. C. Fullarton, M. A. Glasby |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Traction injury medicine.medical_treatment Neural Conduction Electromyography medicine Paralysis Animals Brachial Plexus Muscle Skeletal Transplantation Sheep Palsy medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Age Factors Traction (orthopedics) Electric Stimulation Surgery Disease Models Animal medicine.anatomical_structure Animals Newborn Upper limb Female medicine.symptom business Brachial plexus Paralysis Obstetric Large animal |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Hand Surgery. 25:52-57 |
| ISSN: | 0266-7681 |
| DOI: | 10.1054/jhsb.1999.0337 |
| Popis: | A Sunderland type IV traction injury to the C6 root of the sheep or lamb brachial plexus was used as a model for obstetric traction injury to the C5 root in humans. The injury was created and immediately repaired using interfascicular nerve autografts in a group of adult sheep and a group of newborn lambs. The animals were examined using electrophysiological and morphometric techniques 1 year after operation. It was found that the recovery of neuromuscular function was superior in the lambs. The implication is that nerves in newborn animals have a better potential for regeneration than that seen in older individuals. This is discussed with reference to the management of obstetric brachial plexus palsy. |
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