Treatment Options for Brachial Plexus Injuries

The incidence of brachial plexus injuries is rapidly growing due to the increasing number of high-speed motor-vehicle accidents. These are devastating injuries leading to significant functional impairment of the patients. The purpose of this review paper is to present the available options for conse...

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Autores principales: Sakellariou, Vasileios I., Badilas, Nikolaos K., Stavropoulos, Nikolaos A., Mazis, George, Kotoulas, Helias K., Kyriakopoulos, Stamatios, Tagkalegkas, Ioannis, Sofianos, Ioannis P.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4045367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24967125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/314137
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author Sakellariou, Vasileios I.
Badilas, Nikolaos K.
Stavropoulos, Nikolaos A.
Mazis, George
Kotoulas, Helias K.
Kyriakopoulos, Stamatios
Tagkalegkas, Ioannis
Sofianos, Ioannis P.
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Badilas, Nikolaos K.
Stavropoulos, Nikolaos A.
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Tagkalegkas, Ioannis
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description The incidence of brachial plexus injuries is rapidly growing due to the increasing number of high-speed motor-vehicle accidents. These are devastating injuries leading to significant functional impairment of the patients. The purpose of this review paper is to present the available options for conservative and operative treatment and discuss the correct timing of intervention. Reported outcomes of current management and future prospects are also analysed.
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spelling pubmed-40453672014-06-25 Treatment Options for Brachial Plexus Injuries Sakellariou, Vasileios I. Badilas, Nikolaos K. Stavropoulos, Nikolaos A. Mazis, George Kotoulas, Helias K. Kyriakopoulos, Stamatios Tagkalegkas, Ioannis Sofianos, Ioannis P. ISRN Orthop Review Article The incidence of brachial plexus injuries is rapidly growing due to the increasing number of high-speed motor-vehicle accidents. These are devastating injuries leading to significant functional impairment of the patients. The purpose of this review paper is to present the available options for conservative and operative treatment and discuss the correct timing of intervention. Reported outcomes of current management and future prospects are also analysed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4045367/ /pubmed/24967125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/314137 Text en Copyright © 2014 Vasileios I. Sakellariou et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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