Full Description
Fully illustrated and enhanced with accompanying video clips, this comprehensive text presents the clinical evaluation and management of brachial plexus injuries and reconstruction, both for adult patients and birth injuries. Divided into two main sections, part one covers adult brachial plexus injuries, discussing the relevant anatomy and biology, epidemiology, and associated injuries. The main focus, however, is on diagnosis - the clinical exam as well as neurodiagnostic and radiographic evaluation - and surgical management approaches and techniques, including nerve grafting and transfers, tendon and muscle transfers, and joint fusion. Related topics are presented in chapters on sensory reinnervation, neuropathic pain management, the role of amputation and prosthetics, and pre- and post-surgical therapy protocols. Brachial plexus birth injury is described in part two, also focusing mainly on diagnosis and management but with an emphasis on the fact that babies are not small adultsand special considerations are warranted. This section concludes with chapters on the management of late complications and long-term sequelae.
A comprehensive surgical text on brachial plexus injuries has not been previously attempted. Filling a large gap in the literature, Operative Brachial Plexus Surgery is the go-to resource for adult and birth related brachial plexus reconstruction for orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, plastics surgeons, and their trainees.
Contents
Adult Brachial Plexus Injuries: A Historical Perspective.- Part 1 SURGICAL ANATOMY.- Surgical Anatomy of the Brachial Plexus.- Mechanisms of Injury.- Biology of Nerve Injury.- Epidemiology of Adult Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries.- Associated Concomitant Injuries.- EVALUATION.- Examination of the Adult Brachial Plexus Patient.- Neurodiagnostic Evalution: EMG and NCS.- Neurodiagnostic Evalution: Intraoperative Monitoring.- Adult Brachial Plexus Injuries: Evaluation—Radiologic Evaluation.- ADULT BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURIES: DETERMINANTS OF TREATMENT (TIMING, INJURY TYPE, INJURY PATTERN).- Priorities of Treatment and Rationale in Adult BPI.- TREATMENT OPTIONS IN ADULTS Root Grafting in Adult Brachial Plexus Injuries.- Nerve Transfers to Shoulder and Elbow.- Free-Functioning Muscle Transfer.- Tendon Transfers of the Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist and Hand.- Glenohumeral arthrodesis in brachial plexus palsy.- Reconstructive Options for the Thumb Axis in a Brachial Plexus Injury.- Wrist arthrodesis in the adult brachial plexus patient.- SURGICAL APPROACHES.- Supraclavicular Exposure of the Brachial Plexus.- Infraclavicular Exposure of the Brachial Plexus.- Posterior Approach for Spinal Accessory to Suprascapular Nerve.- Surgical Approach: Axillary Posterior.- Anterior Approach for Axillary Nerve Reconstruction.- Upper brachium approach: the "Ulnar-Biceps Median-Brachialis" double nerve transfer.- Intercostal nerve harvest in brachial plexus injuries.- Sural Nerve Harvest.- Contralateral C7 nerve transfer in the Treatment of Adult Brachial plexus Injuries and Spastic Hemiplegia.- The harvest of a free innervated functional gracilis muscle and its use in brachial plexus injuries.- MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC INJURY PATTERNS.- Management of C5-6 Injuries.- Management of C5-7 Injuries.-Strategies for Pan Brachial Plexus Reconstruction: The Mayo Clinic Brachial Plexus Team Approach.- Lower type injuries of the brachial plexus (C6-T1, C7-T1 and C8-T1 root involvement).- RESTORATION OF HAND FUNCTION IN PAN PLEXUS INJURY.- Restoration of Hand Function in Pan Plexus Injury - Double Free Functioning Muscle Transfer.-Restoration of hand function in total brachial plexus avulsion injury.- Intercostal nerve transfer for sensory reconstruction of the hand following complete avulsion of the brachial plexus.- Management of Neuropathic Pain Role of Amputation and Prosthetic Fitting.- The Role of Therapy: Pre and Post-Surgery Protocols.- PEDIATRIC BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY.- Historical Perspectives.- Mechanism of Injury.- The Biology of Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries.- Epidemiology of Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Injuries.- Associated Concomitant Injuries.- Clinical Examination of the Child with Brachial Plexus Birth Injury.- Operative Brachial Plexus Surgery: Brachial Plexus Birth Injury - Neurodiagnostic Evaluation.- Pediatric Brachial Plexus Injuries: Evaluation—Radiologic Evaluation.- Priorities of Treatment and Rationale (Babies Are Not Small Adults).- Treatment Options in Babies.- Surgical Approaches.- Management of Specific Patterns of Injury-Erbs and Extended Erbs Palsy.- Management of Specific Patterns of Injury-Pan Plexus.- Expected Outcomes.- Late Complications and Treatmen.
