Background: Obstetric brachial plexus palsy is rare, but the limb impairments are manifold and often long-lasting. Physiotherapy, microsurgical nerve reconstruction, secondary joint corrections ...

Brachial plexus palsy represents a spectrum of injuries ... The aetiology is multifactorial, involving both obstetric challenges during delivery and intrinsic vulnerabilities in neonatal tissue.

Obstetric brachial plexus palsy (OBPP) at birth, is a serious neurologic injury that may lead to a long lasting disability. We aimed to examine the occurrence and risk factors associated with ...

This year, Patsy Field became the first contestant on the show with Erb's palsy (also known as Erb-Duchenne paralysis or obstetric brachial plexus palsy), a weakness or paralysis in parts of the ...

Background: Peripheral nerve palsies of the upper extremities presenting at birth can be distressing for families and care providers. It is therefore important to be able to identify patients whose ...

Historically, initial treatment for the problem centered on the adduction contracture. Release of the subscapularis and capsule was recommended by Fairbank [2] in 1913. In 1925, Sever [4 ...

Among 40 patients with brachial plexus birth palsy and glenohumeral dysplasia who underwent open anterior shoulder release, researchers conducted MRI preoperatively and CT postoperatively to ...

Brachial palsy is a weakness or paralysis of the arm due to brachial plexus injury. The brachial plexus is a network of nerves near your neck that connect your spinal cord to your arms.

Table 1 shows data on the 7 patients at an average follow-up of 1 year 3 months. Nualart functional grades are detailed in Table 2. Improvement in both function and resting appearance of the arm ...