Bilateral obstetric brachial plexus injury: A case report

Publication date: May–June 2013 Source:Pediatria Polska, Volume 88, Issue 3 Author(s): Kamila Okulczyk , Bożena Okurowska-Zawada , Janusz Wojtkowski , Anna Kalinowska , Anna Mirska , Elżbieta Topór , Wojciech Kułak Our case report describes a bilateral obstetric brachial plexus injury in a 14-year-old boy. In the first years of his life, treatment was conservative. After a period of clinical improvement, spontaneous regeneration had stopped. At age two years and three months, neurotmesis with root avulsion was diagnosed, which was the grounds for microsurgery. Unilateral revision and external neurolysis were performed. Currently, we observed dysfunction of the upper limbs associated with paresis primarily of the shoulder flexors, abductors, external rotators, elbow flexors and abnormal posture as well.

Source: Pediatria Polska - November 6, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research