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Brachial plexus surgery (Honorary lecture)

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Re-Engineering of the Damaged Brain and Spinal Cord

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 93))

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Brachial plexus injuries (B.p.i.) are lesions occurring more and more frequently due to high velocity road and sport traumas. They are severe lesions with disabling sequelae. Surgical procedures and results could greatly be improved in the last 2 decades. Although the anatomy of brachial plexus is well known, less known are the functional maps of the various brachial plexus elements.

In this paper treatment modalities for obstetrical, traumatic (adult) and actinic B.p.i. are being described too.

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  1. Foundation for Research on Spinal Cord Lesions, University of Brescia, Via Galvani 26, I, Brescia, Italy

    G. A. Brunelli (Director)

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  1. Medical Faculty, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Klaus R. H. von Wild (Professor of Neurorehabilitation and Re-Engineering of Damaged Brain and Spinal Cord Lesions) (Professor of Neurorehabilitation and Re-Engineering of Damaged Brain and Spinal Cord Lesions)

  2. International Neuroscience Institute INI, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

    Klaus R. H. von Wild (Professor of Neurorehabilitation and Re-Engineering of Damaged Brain and Spinal Cord Lesions) (Professor of Neurorehabilitation and Re-Engineering of Damaged Brain and Spinal Cord Lesions)

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Brunelli, G.A. (2005). Brachial plexus surgery (Honorary lecture). In: von Wild, K.R.H. (eds) Re-Engineering of the Damaged Brain and Spinal Cord. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 93. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-211-27577-0_23

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