Brachial plexus root avulsion is the most serious type of peripheral nerve injury. Valproic acid has been shown to exert neuroprotective effects and promote neurite outgrowth in several peripheral ...

Efforts to replace hand function lost because of brachial plexus injuries advanced with a proof-of-principle report by Austrian researchers. The new data indicate that free-functional muscle transfer ...

What are Brachial Plexus Injuries? Brachial plexus is network of nerves responsible for conducting signals from the spine to the shoulder, arm and hand. When an injury is caused to these nerves it is ...

Brachial palsy is a weakness or paralysis of the arm due to brachial plexus injury. The brachial plexus is a network of nerves near your neck that connect your spinal cord to your arms. These nerves ...

Background. Following a motorcycle accident, a 9-year-old boy experienced a complete right-sided (dominant) arm and hand paralysis with total sensory loss, Horner syndrome and severe constant pain.

Tyler Theroux came into the world with a brachial plexus birth injury that kept his left arm dysfunctional and contorted in pain. As a child, he couldn't engage in playground activities like the ...

MRI imaging of the brachial plexus often includes both sides, as comparison with a more normal side may be very helpful. The nerves of the brachial plexus are best seen on sagittal images, with the ...

2.1 Brachial plexus injuries are typically caused by traction of the arm at birth and by road traffic accidents. They result in loss of sensation and movement in all or part of the arm and can be ...

Three Austrian men have become the first in the world to undergo a new technique called "bionic reconstruction", enabling them to use a robotic prosthetic hand controlled by their mind, according to ...