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MUSCLE & NERVE
Volume 30, Issue 5, Pages 547-568Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20131
Keywords
brachial plexus; classic postoperative paralysis; electrodiagnostic evaluation; iatrogenic plexopathy; medial brachial fascial compartment; neoplastic plexopathy; neuralgic amyotrophy; obstetric plexopathy; plexopathy; pancoast syndrome; postmedian sternotomy; radiation plexopathy; root avulsion; rucksack; thoracic outlet syndrome; trauma
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The brachial plexus, which is the most complex structure of the peripheral nervous system, supplies most of the upper extremity and shoulder. The high incidence of brachial plexopathies reflects its vulnerability to trauma and the tendency of disorders involving adjacent structures to affect it secondarily. The combination of anatomic, pathophysiologic, and neuromuscular knowledge with detailed clinical and ancillary study evaluations provides diagnostic and prognostic information that is important to clinical management. Since most brachial plexus disorders do not involve the entire brachial plexus but, rather, show a regional predilection, a regional approach to assessment of plexopathies is necessary.
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