Barraza ARH, Clifton CJF, López AL, Espinosa MKAF, Rodríguez MRE, Solano PRJ, Pablo ZE

Language: Spanish
References: 4
Page: 212-217
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ABSTRACT

Obstetric brachial plexus injuries can be present as total or partial, many of the total injuries evolve to spontaneous recovery, this recovery can show different qualities of the function of the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand, being thus, most of the obstetric brachial plexus injuries will show a certain recovery of the function of the shoulder and flexion of the elbow, often incomplete, which leads to the appearance of shoulder dyskinesia, with the subsequent dysplasia of glenohumeral joint, leaving a definitive impairment of the function of the shoulder, with subsequent glenohumeral developmental dysplasia, leaving a definitive impairment of shoulder function when muscle reinnervation is not achieved.

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