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Brachial Plexus Injuries – Review of the Anatomy and the Treatment Options Cover

Brachial Plexus Injuries – Review of the Anatomy and the Treatment Options

Open Access
|Apr 2021

Abstract

Brachial plexus injuries are still challenging for every surgeon taking part in treating patients with BPI. Injuries of the brachial plexus can be divided into injuries of the upper trunk, extended upper trunk, injuries of the lower trunk and swinging hand where all of the roots are involved in this type of the injury. Brachial plexus can be divided in five anatomical sections from its roots to its terminal branches: roots, trunks, division, cords and terminal branches. Brachial plexus ends up as five terminal branches, responsible for upper limb innervation, musculocutaneous, median nerve, axillary nerve, radial and ulnar nerve. According to the findings from the preoperative investigation combined with clinically found functional deficit, the type of BPI will be confirmed and that is going to determine which surgical procedure, from variety of them (neurolysis, nerve graft, neurotization, arthrodesis, tendon transfer, free muscle transfer, bionic reconstruction) is appropriate for treating the patient.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prilozi-2021-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1857-8985 | Journal ISSN: 1857-9345
Language: English
Page range: 91 - 103
Published on: Apr 23, 2021
Published by: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2021 Sofija Pejkova, Venko Filipce, Igor Peev, Bisera Nikolovska, Tomislav Jovanoski, Gordana Georgieva, Blagoja Srbov, published by Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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