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345 Pages·2003·3.07 MB·English

by  Alain Gilbert (edt)

Brachial Plexus Injuries
Edited by
Alain Gilbert MD
Institut de la Main
Paris, France
Published in association with the
Federation of European Societies
for Surgery of the Hand
(cid:1)
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C O N T E N T S
List of contributors v 8 Complete palsy
Chantal Bonnard and
I THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS Dimitri J Anastakis 67
1 Anatomy of the brachial plexus
9 Update on the treatment of adult brachial
Alexandre Muset i Lara, Carlos Dolz, and
plexus injuries
Alfonso Rodríguez-Baeza 3
Hanno Millesi 77
2 Physical examination
10 Injuries of the terminal branches of the
Türker Özkan and Atakan Aydın 17
brachial plexus
Rolfe Birch 91
3 Radiological and related investigations
Albert (Bart) CJ Slooff, Corneleus (Cees)
11 The place of arthrodesis
WM Versteege, Gerhard Blaauw, and
Giorgio A Brunelli 107
Willem JR van Ouwerkerk 31
12 Palliative surgery: tendon transfers to the
4 Clinical neurophysiological investigations
shoulder in adults
Jan W Vredeveld 39
Aydın Yücetürk 115
13 Palliative surgery: the elbow and forearm
II THE ADULT TRAUMATIC BRACHIAL
Alfred C Berger, Robert Hierner, and
PLEXUS
Lutz Kleinschmidt 123
5 Etiology
Panupan Songcharoen 47 14 Palliative surgery: the hand
Jamal Gousheh 131
6 Surgical techniques: neurolysis, sutures,
grafts, neurotizations 15 Palliative surgery: free muscle transfers
Michel Merle and Aymeric Lim 51 Kazuteru Doi 137
7 Supraclavicular plexus injuries III OBSTETRICAL PARALYSIS
Jean Y Alnot 57
16 Aetiology
JM Hans Ubachs and
Albert (Bart) CJ Slooff 151
iv CONTENTS
17 Examination and prognosis 25 Medial rotation contracture and posterior
Howard M Clarke and dislocation of the shoulder
Christine G Curtis 159 Rolfe Birch 249
18 Conservative treatment of obstetrical 26 Palliative surgery: elbow paralysis
brachial plexus palsy (OBPP) and rehabili- Vincent R Hentz 261
tation
Robert S Muhlig, Gerhard Blaauw, 27 Palliative surgery: pronosupination in
Albert (Bart) CJ Slooff, Jan W Kortleve, obstetrical palsy
and Alfons J Tonino 173 Eduardo A Zancolli (II) 275
19 Surgical technique 28 Palliative surgery: forearm and hand
Jose L Borrero 189 deformities
David C-C Chuang 293
20 Indications and strategy
Alain Gilbert 205 29 Treatment of co-contraction
Robert Hierner and Alfred C Berger 303
21 Results of repair to the obstetrical plexus
Alain Gilbert 211
IV SPECIAL LESIONS
22 Results of surgery after breech delivery
30 Traumatic brachial plexus injuries in
Gerhard Blaauw, Albert (Bart) CJ Slooff,
children
and Robert S Muhlig 217
Alain Gilbert and Christian Dumontier 315
23 Palliative surgery: shoulder paralysis
31 War Injuries
Piero L Raimondi, Alexandre Muset i Lara,
Jamal Gousheh 321
and Elisabetta Saporiti 225
Index 326
24 Palliative surgery: tendon transfers to the
shoulder in children
Aydın Yücetürk 239
L I S T O F C O N T R I B U T O R S
Jean Y Alnot Gerhard Blaauw
Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Department of Neurosurgery
Traumatologique University Hospital Maastricht
Département de Chirurgie de la Main et des PO Box 5800
Nerfs Périphériques 6202 AZ
Centre Urgences Mains Maastricht
Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard The Netherlands
46, rue Henri Huchard
Chantal Bonnard
Paris 75877
Service Universitaire de Chirurgie Plastique et
Cedex 18
Reconstructive
France
Permanence de Longeraie
Dimitri J Anastakis Avenue de la Gare 9
CH-1003 Lausanne
Minimally Invasive Surgery Program
Switzerland
Surgical Services
Toronto Western Hospital
Jose L Borrero
399 Bathurst Street
Florida Hand Center
Fell Pavillion 4-140
610 Jasmine Road
Toronto, ON M5T 2S8
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
Canada
USA
Atakan Aydın
Giorgio A Brunelli
Division of Hand Surgery
Via Galvani 26
Plastic and Reconstructive Department
25123 Brescia
Istanbul Medical Faculty
Italy
Istanbul University
Istanbul David C-C Chuang
Turkey Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Alfred C Berger Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
International Institute for Neuroscience 199 Tung Hwa North Road
Alexis-Carrel-Strasse 4 Taipei, Taiwan 105
Hannover 30625
Germany Howard M Clarke
Division of Plastic Surgery
Rolfe Birch Department of Surgery
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital University of Toronto
PNI Unit The Hospital for Sick Children
Brockley Hill 555 University Avenue, Suite 1524
Stanmore, Middlesex Toronto, ON M5G 1X8
UK Canada
vi LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Christine G Curtis Robert Hierner
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic for Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive
University of Toronto Surgery
The Hospital for Sick Children Burn Center
555 University Avenue, Suite 1524 Hannover Medical University
Toronto, ON M5G 1X8 School of Medicine
Canada Podbielskistrasse 380
30569 Hannover
Kazuteru Doi Germany
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Ogori Daaichi General Hospital Lutz Kleinschmidt
Ogori Clinic for Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive
Yamaguchi-ken 754-0002 Surgery
Japan Burn Center
Hannover Medical University
Carlos Dolz School of Medicine
Servicio de Cirugia Ortopedica y Traumatologia Podbielskistrasse 380
Hospital de Viladecans 30569 Hannover
Barcelona Germany
Spain
Jan W Kortleve
Christian Dumontier Plastic Surgery Department
Institut de la Main Atrium Medical Center
Clinique Jouvenet 6401 CX Heerlen
6, Place Jouvenet The Netherlands
Paris 75016
France Aymeric Lim
Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery
Alain Gilbert National University Hospital
Institut de la Main 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Clinique Jouvenet Main Building, Level 3
6, Place Jouvenet Singapore 119074
Paris 75016
France Michel Merle
Institut Européen de la Main
Jamal Gousheh 13, rue Blaise Pascal
Department of Reconstructive and Microsurgery F-54320 Maxéville-Nancy
Shahid Behesti University of Medical Sciences France
38 Keshavarz Boulevard
Tehran 14167 Hanno Millesi
Iran University of Vienna Medical School
Ludwig-Boltzmann Institute of Experimental
Vincent R Hentz Plastic Surgery
900 Welch Road Lange Gasse 48
Suite 15 A-1090 Vienna
Palo Alto, CA 94304 Austria
USA
Robert S Muhlig
Department of Rehabilitation
Atrium Medical Center
6401 CX Heerlen
The Netherlands
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii
Alexandre Muset i Lara Panupan Songcharoen
Orthopaedic Surgery Department Hand and Microsurgery Unit
Viladecans Hospital Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
08840 Barcelona Faculty of Medicine
Siriraj Hospital
Türker Özkan Mahidol University
Division of Hand Surgery Bangkok 10700
Plastic and Reconstructive Department Thailand
Istanbul Medical Faculty
Istanbul University Alfons J Tonino
Istanbul Orthopaedic Surgery Department
Turkey Atrium Medical Center
6401 CX Heerlen
Piero L Raimondi The Netherlands
Plastic and Hand Surgery Department
Legnano Hospital JM Hans Ubachs
20025 Legnano Pijnsweg 33
Milan 6419 CJ Heerlen
Italy The Netherlands
Alfonso Rodríguez-Baeza Willem JR van Ouwerkerk
Unidad de Anatomia y Embriologia Department of Neurosurgery
Departamento de Ciencias Morfologicas Free University
Facultad de Medicina Amsterdam
Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona The Netherlands
Barcelona
Spain Corneleus (Cees) WM Versteege
Department of Radiology
Elisabetta Saporiti Atrium Medical Center
Plastic and Hand Surgery Department 6401 CX Heerlen
Legnano Hospital The Netherlands
20025 Legnano
Milan Jan W Vredeveld
Italy Department of Clinical Neurophysiology
Atrium Medical Center
Albert (Bart) CJ Slooff Postbox 4446
Department of Neurosurgery 6401 CX Heerlen
University Hospital Maastricht The Netherlands
PO Box 5800
6202 AZ Aydın Yücetürk
Maastricht, Clinic Plexus
Department of Neurosurgery Tahran Cad. 3/3
Free University Kavaklıdere
PO Box 7057 06700 Ankara
1007 MB Turkey
Amsterdam
The Netherlands, Eduardo A Zancolli (II)
(contact address:) Avenida Alvear 1535
Rozenlaan 20 1014 Buenos Aires
3620 Lanaken Argentina
Belgium

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