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Adult Brachial Plexus Injuries: Determinants of Treatment (Timing, Injury Type, Injury Pattern)

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Brachial plexus lesions impact severely in the quality of life of patients that suffer from this type of injuries. Surgical treatment is at present the mainstay of treatment in patients that do not recover spontaneously. There are many determinants to consider in the treatment of brachial plexus injuries. The most important determinants are surgical timing and injury type. The latter includes preganglionic vs postganglionic injury; supraclavicular, retroclavicular, and infraclavicular; and the injury pattern. Other determinants of treatment are time from trauma to surgery, extent of the primary injury, compliance with postoperative rehabilitation, patient’s age, and body mass index.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery. Hospital HM Regla /HM San Francisco, León, Spain

    Robla Costales

  2. Peripheral Nerve & Brachial Plexus Surgery Program, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    M. Socolovsky

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

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    Nicholas Pulos

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Costales, R., Socolovsky, M. (2021). Adult Brachial Plexus Injuries: Determinants of Treatment (Timing, Injury Type, Injury Pattern). In: Shin, A.Y., Pulos, N. (eds) Operative Brachial Plexus Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69517-0_11

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