Table 1

Clinical background of the operated children

I.
10 months
brachial plexus exploration, reconstruction of the upper and middle trunk, neurolysis of the lower trunk.

3 years
extraplexic neurotisation SAN to ulnar nerve, without success

II.
3 months
Normal MRI, EMG shows only reinnervation of arm muscles, no recovery within forearm and hand.

13 months
MyeloCT: suspicion of root avulsions C6 C8 Th1

III.

no previous surgery

IV.
14 months:
MyeloCT: suspicion of root avulsion C7 C8


EMG: no activity C6 C7 C8 Th1

28 months:
plexus exploration, only neurolysis C5

Bahm and Ocampo-Pavez Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2008 3:23   doi:10.1186/1749-7221-3-23

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