Newswise — A novel nerve transfer significantly improves shoulder function in babies with brachial plexus birth injuries, according to a new study from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The case series ...

Results highlight the effective use of nerve transfer in patients suffering from brachial plexus injuries for reconstruction of elbow flexion to help improve their quality of life. Researchers ...

About one in 1,000 children are born with brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI), upper extremity weakness or paralysis resulting from trauma to the brachial plexus nerves during childbirth. Most ...

Severe damage to the brachial plexus—the group of nerves that control the movements of your hands, arms and wrists—can leave your entire hand and arm paralyzed. Dr. Shelley Noland, a Mayo Clinic hand ...

A new study challenges a widely held belief that long nerve grafts do poorly in adults with an axillary nerve injury. Investigators found that the outcomes of long nerve grafts were comparable to ...

Brachial plexus injuries in infants are most commonly caused by trauma to the neck as it stretches away from the shoulders during birth. Unfortunately, these injuries can occur during the delivery of ...

Upper-arm weakness (paresis) or paralysis indicates peripheral-nerve damage to the brachial plexus, a network of lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal nerves supplying the arm, forearm, and hand.

New Orleans, Louisiana — Nerve transfer can help restore elbow function in patients with brachial plexus injuries, but some approaches are superior to others, researchers conclude from a new study.

On average, an estimated three out of every 1,000 newborns will suffer a brachial plexus injury during birth, damaging the bundle of nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord to the shoulders, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . During the Latarjet procedure, the axillary and musculocutaneous nerves were found to be at risk, especially ...

Traumatic lesions of the brachial plexus result in profound deficits of shoulder stability, elbow flexion and hand function. Nerve transfer procedures have become central to surgical reconstruction, ...