A New Surgical Technique for Internal Shoulder Contractures Secondary to Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury: An Anterior Coracohumeral Ligament Release

A New Surgical Technique for Internal Shoulder Contractures Secondary to Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury: An Anterior Coracohumeral Ligament Release

Abstract Background Obstetric brachial plexus injuries result from traction injury during delivery; 30% of these children sustain persisting functional limitations related to an external rotation deficit of the shoulder. The aim of this study was to compare the intraoperative gain in ex...

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Main Authors: C. Sarac, S. Hogendoorn, R.G.H.H. Nelissen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury
Subjects:
birth injuries
muscle skeletal surgery
brachial plexus injuried child
brachial plexus surgery
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1693746

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