Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After shoulder surgery, a single-injection of ultrasound-guided brachial plexus block with liposome bupivacaine ...

After extensive research, investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have developed the first-ever patient questionnaire to measure the physical and emotional impact of brachial plexus injury ...

Erb’s palsy and Klumpke’s paralysis are complications of brachial plexus injuries that most often occur during difficult child births. Some brachial plexus injuries resolve on their own with time.

Upper-arm weakness (paresis) or paralysis indicates peripheral-nerve damage to the brachial plexus, a network of lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal nerves supplying the arm, forearm, and hand.

Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury, affecting 1-4 in 1,000 births, involves nerve stretching during delivery, leading to arm control loss. While decreasing due to better medical recognition and ...

Approximately one in 10 patients with traumatic brachial plexus injury experience concomitant rotator cuff tears, which may contribute to shoulder dysfunction, according to study results. In a ...

A new study challenges a widely held belief that long nerve grafts do poorly in adults with an axillary nerve injury. Investigators found that the outcomes of long nerve grafts were comparable to ...

Brachial plexus palsy represents a spectrum of injuries that affect the network of nerves controlling the upper limb. These injuries often arise during the birthing process, when excessive stretching ...