Spinal accessory nerve transfer for shoulder abduction has no benefit over supraclavicular exploration and nerve grafting in brachial plexus birth injury: a systematic review

Spinal accessory nerve transfer for shoulder abduction has no benefit over supraclavicular exploration and nerve grafting in brachial plexus birth injury: a systematic review

IntroductionBrachial plexus birth injury (BPBI) has an incidence of 0.9 per 1,000 live births in the population. Techniques for repair classically include supraclavicular exploration and nerve grafting (SENG) and more recently nerve transfer, namely of the spinal accessory nerve (SAN) to the suprasc...

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Main Authors: Dhruv Mendiratta, Rohan Singh, George Abdelmalek, Krittika Pant, Alice Chu, Aleksandra McGrath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
brachial plexus birth injury
peripheral nerve
surgery
outcome
nerve graft
nerve transfer
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2024.1426105/full
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