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A case of Klumpke's obstetric brachial plexus palsy following a Cesarean section

It is generally thought that Klumpke's palsy is not seen as obstetric injury. The authors present a case of Klumpke's palsy with Horner syndrome following delivery by emergency Cesarean section. Neurolysis and nerve grafting partially corrected the paralysis.

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Autores principales: Al‐Qattan, Mohammad M., El‐Sayed, Amel A. F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5018592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27648266
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.644
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spelling pubmed-50185922016-09-19 A case of Klumpke's obstetric brachial plexus palsy following a Cesarean section Al‐Qattan, Mohammad M. El‐Sayed, Amel A. F. Clin Case Rep Case Reports It is generally thought that Klumpke's palsy is not seen as obstetric injury. The authors present a case of Klumpke's palsy with Horner syndrome following delivery by emergency Cesarean section. Neurolysis and nerve grafting partially corrected the paralysis. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5018592/ /pubmed/27648266 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.644 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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A case of Klumpke's obstetric brachial plexus palsy following a Cesarean section
title A case of Klumpke's obstetric brachial plexus palsy following a Cesarean section
title_full A case of Klumpke's obstetric brachial plexus palsy following a Cesarean section
title_fullStr A case of Klumpke's obstetric brachial plexus palsy following a Cesarean section
title_full_unstemmed A case of Klumpke's obstetric brachial plexus palsy following a Cesarean section
title_short A case of Klumpke's obstetric brachial plexus palsy following a Cesarean section
title_sort case of klumpke's obstetric brachial plexus palsy following a cesarean section
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5018592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27648266
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.644
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