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Median Nerve to Musculocutaneous Nerve Transfer for Restoring Elbow Flexion in Obstetric Brachial Plexus palsy

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Last updated: 27 Dec 2024

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General Surgery.

Abstract

Background: Birth injuries to the brachial plexus are highly rare; however, they necessitate treatment and follow-up from infancy until skeletal maturity. Many complications may arise as a result of primary nerve surgery. Objectives:  To study the long-term complications of nerve repair procedures in patients with obstetric brachial plexus palsy. Patients and methods: This was retrospective research that was performed on 8 cases having obstetric brachial plexus palsy and underwent nerve surgery procedure. The ages ranged from 3 to 20 months.  The assessment of the surgical procedure outcomes involves post-operative evaluation of both short and long-term complication. Results: Our study showed that the most frequent long-term complications were decreased innervation (25%), followed by decreased strength and stamina and balanced discoordination (12.50%) while there were no complications encountered in 50% of cases. The short-term complications included wound infection, seroma and hematoma. Conclusion: The nerve surgery procedure is an efficient primary approach in the management of cases with brachial plexus injury. However, a long-term follow-up is usually associated with late squeal such as reduced innervation and decrease in the overall strength and stamina.

DOI

10.21608/svuijm.2024.295799.1889

Keywords

Erb’s palsy, Nerve surgery, Obstetric Brachial Plexus Palsy (OBPP), Complications

Authors

First Name

Ahmed Abo Hashem

Last Name

Azab

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Plastic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine , Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

Email

aahazab@gmai.com

City

Zagazig

Orcid

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First Name

Samia

Last Name

Saied

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Plastic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.

Email

samiasaied2003@yahoo.com

City

Sohag

Orcid

-

First Name

Esam

Last Name

Bahgat

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Plastic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt

Email

drsam397@gmail.com

City

Qina

Orcid

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First Name

Mahmoud A.

Last Name

Hifny

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Plastic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt

Email

mahhifny2005@yahoo.com

City

Qina

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Volume

7

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

47977

Issue Date

2024-07-01

Receive Date

2024-06-26

Publish Date

2024-07-01

Page Start

232

Page End

240

Print ISSN

2735-427X

Online ISSN

2636-3402

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362,454

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1,520

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Publication Title

SVU-International Journal of Medical Sciences

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https://svuijm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Median Nerve to Musculocutaneous Nerve Transfer for Restoring Elbow Flexion in Obstetric Brachial Plexus palsy

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27 Dec 2024