✦ LIBER ✦
Combined brachial root and plexus lesions —Typical sequelae of motor-bike accidents
✍ Scribed by P. J. Hülser
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 214 KB
- Volume
- 237
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-8491
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
A total of 20 patients with severe post-traumatic arm paralysis was examined using electromyography and sensory neurography to evaluate the type and localization of the lesion; 19 patients had been involved in a motor-bike accident. In more than 80% the brachial roots were involved. In 65% a combined radicular and plexus lesion was found. The poor prognosis of these injuries indicates the need for additional protective devices.