Brachial-Plexus Injuries

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  • RLRobert D. Leffert
    Robert D. Leffert
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Abstract
BRACHIAL-plexus injuries often present major problems of diagnosis and management. They commonly occur with trauma to multiple systems, so that concern for preservation of life or limb may overshadow or obscure their presence. Recent wartime experience with brachial-plexus injuries accompanying chest wounds often demonstrated a lapse of several days before the neurologic lesion was recognized.1 Since head trauma is the most frequently associated injury in civilian practice, appreciation of the peripheral nerve lesion may be considerably delayed.Even in patients whose plexus injuries are the sole lesion, the resulting problems are multifaceted. The underlying anatomic substrate and the varied possible . . .

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