Brachial plexus injuries in the adult. Nerve transfers: The Siriraj Hospital experience

A strategy that uses the selective combination of neurotizations can yield a moderate degree of shoulder and elbow control. Even though some wrist and finger movement can occasionally be achieved by the current methods of neurotization, the results in terms of restoration of useful hand function are...

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Main Authors: Panupan Songcharoen, Saichol Wongtrakul, Robert J. Spinner
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spelling th-mahidol.170772018-06-21T15:30:38Z Brachial plexus injuries in the adult. Nerve transfers: The Siriraj Hospital experience Panupan Songcharoen Saichol Wongtrakul Robert J. Spinner Mahidol University Mayo Clinic Medicine A strategy that uses the selective combination of neurotizations can yield a moderate degree of shoulder and elbow control. Even though some wrist and finger movement can occasionally be achieved by the current methods of neurotization, the results in terms of restoration of useful hand function are still far from satisfactory. The use of intraplexal and contralateral plexal neurotization combined with free-functioning muscle transfer and the better understanding of central-peripheral function integration may provide more purposeful hand function in the future. 2018-06-21T08:30:38Z 2018-06-21T08:30:38Z 2005-02-01 Article Hand Clinics. Vol.21, No.1 (2005), 83-89 10.1016/j.hcl.2004.10.002 07490712 2-s2.0-12744269050 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/17077 Mahidol University SCOPUS https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=12744269050&origin=inward
institution Mahidol University
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Panupan Songcharoen
Saichol Wongtrakul
Robert J. Spinner
Brachial plexus injuries in the adult. Nerve transfers: The Siriraj Hospital experience
description A strategy that uses the selective combination of neurotizations can yield a moderate degree of shoulder and elbow control. Even though some wrist and finger movement can occasionally be achieved by the current methods of neurotization, the results in terms of restoration of useful hand function are still far from satisfactory. The use of intraplexal and contralateral plexal neurotization combined with free-functioning muscle transfer and the better understanding of central-peripheral function integration may provide more purposeful hand function in the future.
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Panupan Songcharoen
Saichol Wongtrakul
Robert J. Spinner
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author Panupan Songcharoen
Saichol Wongtrakul
Robert J. Spinner
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title Brachial plexus injuries in the adult. Nerve transfers: The Siriraj Hospital experience
title_short Brachial plexus injuries in the adult. Nerve transfers: The Siriraj Hospital experience
title_full Brachial plexus injuries in the adult. Nerve transfers: The Siriraj Hospital experience
title_fullStr Brachial plexus injuries in the adult. Nerve transfers: The Siriraj Hospital experience
title_full_unstemmed Brachial plexus injuries in the adult. Nerve transfers: The Siriraj Hospital experience
title_sort brachial plexus injuries in the adult. nerve transfers: the siriraj hospital experience
publishDate 2018
url https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/17077
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