Movement related cortical source for elbow flexion in patients with brachial plexus injury after intercostal-musculocutaneous nerve crossing

Free muscle transplantation combined wit

Free muscle transplantation combined with intercostal nerve crossing for reconstruction of elbow flexion and wrist extension in brachial plexus injuries

✍ Yoshihisa Akasaka; Tetsuya Hara; Masataru Takahashi 📂 Article 📅 1991 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 578 KB

Complete paralysis due to traumatic brachial plexus injury is extremely difficult to treat when the injury affects whole nerve roots and when motor function fails to show any signs of recovery. Seddon has suggested that arthrodesis of the shoulder and amputation at the humerus, combined with the use