Multidisciplinary Management of Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries: The Miami Experience

John A. I. Grossman; Patricia DiTaranto; Andrew E. Price; Lorna E. Ramos; Michael Tidwell; Oscar Papazian; Ilker Yaylali; Dorothy Bergeron; Herbert Valencia; Israel Alfonso

doi:10.1055/s-2004-837258

Seminars in Plastic Surgery, Table of Contents

Semin Plast Surg 2004; 18(4): 319-326
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-837258

Multidisciplinary Management of Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries: The Miami Experience

John A. I Grossman¹ , Patricia DiTaranto¹ , Andrew E. Price¹ , Lorna E. Ramos¹ , Michael Tidwell¹ , Oscar Papazian¹ , Ilker Yaylali¹ , Dorothy Bergeron¹ , Herbert Valencia¹ , Israel Alfonso¹

¹Brachial Plexus Program, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida

Abstract

ABSTRACT

This article reviews the authors' experience over the last decade in the multidisciplinary management of children with brachial plexus birth injuries. When compared with the results of a study of 91 children who received nonoperative treatment, the results of surgical intervention can improve the functional outcome in properly selected infants.

KEYWORDS

Erb's palsy - brachial plexus injury

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