Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Functional outcome of nerve transfer for restoration of shoulder and elbow function in upper brachial plexus injury. | Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury BioMed Central Open Access Research article Functional outcome of nerve transfer for restoration of shoulder and elbow function in upper brachial plexus injury Hari Venkatramani Praveen Bhardwaj Sajedur Reza Faruquee and S Raja Sabapathy Address Department of Plastic Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery Ganga Hospital Mettupalayam road Coimbatore India Email Hari Venkatramani - drhariv@ Praveen Bhardwaj- drpb12@ Sajedur Reza Faruquee - rocky27@ S Raja Sabapathy - rajahand@ Corresponding author Published 27 May 2008 Received 7 January 2008 Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2008 3 15 doi l 749-7221-3-15 Accepted 27 May 2008 This article is available from http content 3 1 15 2008 Venkatramani et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Purpose of this study was to evaluate the functional outcome of spinal accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer XI-SSN done for restoration of shoulder function and partial transfer of ulnar nerve to the motor branch to the biceps muscle for the recovery of elbow flexion Oberlin transfer . Methods This is a prospective study involving 15 consecutive cases of upper plexus injury seen between January 2004 and December 2005. The average age of patients was yrs 15-52 yrs . The injury-surgery interval was between 2-6 months. All underwent XI-SSN and Oberlin nerve transfer. The coaptation was done close to the biceps muscle to ensure early recovery. The average follow up was 15 months range 12-36 months . The functional outcome was assessed by measuring range of movements and also on the grading scale proposed by Narakas for .
