The Management of the Flail Upper Extremity in Brachial Plexus Injuries
作者:
CECIL RORABECK,
期刊:
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
(OVID Available online 1980)
卷期:
Volume 20,
issue 6
页码: 491-493
ISSN:0022-5282
年代: 1980
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Twenty-three patients with total complete brachial plexus injuries were reviewed an average of 5.5 years from the time of injury. Three different treatment approaches were used; no surgery (four), above-elbow amputation alone (14), and shoulder arthrodesis combined with above-elbow amputation (five). Return to gainful employment and prosthetic wearing habits were best achieved with early (within the first year) above-elbow amputation alone. There seemed little to recommend arthrodesis of the shoulder combined with above elbow amputation.
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