2005
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-867107
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Current Management of Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Injuries at Texas Children's Hospital Brachial Plexus Center and Baylor College of Medicine

Abstract: Obstetrical brachial plexus injuries are reported in the medical literature at a rate of 0.38 to 2.6 per thousand live births. Historically, the management of these lesions has been conservative, with observation and physical therapy as the primary modalities of treatment. However, experience has shown that a small majority of these devastating lesions have required more direct and invasive approaches. The experience gathered over a 15-year time span of managing these cervical nerve injuries has afforded the T… Show more

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“…The reconstructive strategy at our center has also continued the strategy established with our work at Texas Children's Hospital [39] with a much lower threshold for excision of a neuroma if the electrical testing does not elicit a significant muscular response. When a neuroma in continuity exists, a meticulous neurolysis is performed to all of the roots, trunks, divisions and branches.…”
Section: Primary Operative Innovationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The reconstructive strategy at our center has also continued the strategy established with our work at Texas Children's Hospital [39] with a much lower threshold for excision of a neuroma if the electrical testing does not elicit a significant muscular response. When a neuroma in continuity exists, a meticulous neurolysis is performed to all of the roots, trunks, divisions and branches.…”
Section: Primary Operative Innovationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…El número de raíces y troncos afectados también sigue un patrón común en la literatura mundial, 10,11 el 70-75% son lesiones altas (C5-C6-C7), el 25-30% son completas y un mínimo porcentaje son bajas 12 (C8-D1) o bilaterales. 11…”
Section: Epidemiologíaunclassified
“…Sin embargo, el consenso ya no es general cuando se buscan los factores de riesgo que puedan causar una parálisis, por ejemplo, ¿Por qué se produce una PBO en el marco de una cesárea. 13 No todos los factores de riesgo (diabetes gestacional, macrosomía, multiparidad, parto de nalgas, fórceps o al vacío, parto prolongado, historia previa e PBO, distocia o taquisistolia), asociados a la PBO que los autores citan en sus artículos 11,14 y que en la práctica diaria podemos observar, han sido contrastados. La distocia de hombros asociada o no a bebés de 4-5 Kg parece ser el factor de riesgo más fuerte para padecer una PBO, pero no hay evidencia de que la inducción del parto de manera sistemática ante una macrosomía, reduzca la morbilidad perinatal o maternal, 15 tampoco el control con ecografía nos asegura el peso en el nacimiento y puede subestimarse.…”
Section: Etiología-factores De Riesgounclassified
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