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SUBMITTER: Bahm J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2584626 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bahm Jörg J Ocampo-Pavez Claudia C
Journal of brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injury 20081030
We present 4 children between 6 and 13 years suffering from severe sequelae after a total obstetric brachial plexus lesion resulting in a hand without functional active long finger flexion. They had successfully reanimated long finger flexion using a free functional gracilis muscle transfer. These children initially presented a total obstetric brachial plexus palsy without neurotisation of the lower trunk in an early microsurgical nerve reconstruction procedure. We describe our indications for t ...[more]