ReviewThe Journal of hand surgery, European volume2021
Evidence that nerve surgery improves functional outcome for obstetric brachial plexus injury.
Review in The Journal of hand surgery, European volume, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Global trends in surgical approach to neonatal brachial plexus palsy: a systematic review.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Revisiting the Original Narakas Classification of Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2027Article
- Comparison of Spinal Accessory Nerve Transfer versus C5 Grafting for Suprascapular Nerve Reinnervation in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2026Article
- Enhancing hand motor recovery in neonatal total brachial plexus palsy with a novel surgical approach.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026Article
- Assessment of Pain, Quality of Life, and Impaction in Caregivers of Children with Obstetric Brachial Plexus Paralysis.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Outcomes of Brachial Plexus Neurolysis in 40 Patients With Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury.Eplasty · 2025Article
- Degenerated nerve grafts provide similar quality and outcome in reconstructing critical nerve defects as compared to fresh nerve grafts.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Article
- Recovery of the Total Birth Brachial Plexus Palsy without Surgical Treatment: A Single-Center, Retrospective Study and Literature Review.Archives of plastic surgery · 2024Article
- Long-Term Hand and Shoulder Function in Children following Early Surgical Intervention for a Birth-Related Upper Brachial Plexus Injury.Journal of brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injury · 2024Article
- Prevalence of perinatal factors in infants with brachial plexus birth injuries and their association with injury severity.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2023Article
- Clinical, electrophysiological, and imaging findings in childhood brachial plexus injury.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The majority of children with obstetric brachial plexus injury show some degree of spontaneous recovery. This review explores the available evidence for the use surgical brachial plexus repair to improve outcome. So far, no randomized trial has been performed to evaluate the usefulness of nerve repair. The evidence level of studies comparing surgical treatment with non-surgical treatment is Level IV at best. The studies on natural history that are used for comparison with surgical series are also, unfortunately, of too low quality. Among experts, however, the general agreement is that nerve reconstruction is indicated when spontaneous recovery is absent or severely delayed at specific time points. A major obstacle in comparing or pooling obstetric brachial plexus injury patient series, either surgical or non-surgical, is the use of many different outcome measures. A requirement for multicentre studies is consensus on how to assess and report outcome, both concerning motor performance and functional evaluation.
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