Brachial Plexus Mechanism Of Injury - Everything You Need To Know - Dr. Nabil Ebraheim скачать в хорошем качестве

Brachial Plexus Mechanism Of Injury - Everything You Need To Know - Dr. Nabil Ebraheim

Educational video describing the mechanisms of injury associated with brachial plexus injury. There are two main mechanisms of injury for the brachial plexus: 1-Depression of the shoulder with avulsion of the upper trunk 2-Distraction injury with the shoulder extending injuring the lower trunk. Power modification of leffert classification Type I: open (supraclavicular or infraclavicular lesion) a-Stabbing b-Low velocity/high velocity gunshots or blasts c-High velocity gun shot or blast Type II: closed (supraclavicular or infraclavicular lesion ) a-Upper plexus (C5-C6) b-Lower plexus (C8-T1) c-Pan plexus (C5-T1) Type III: pathological and iatrogenic a-Iatrogenic b-Post radiation c-Malignancy Type IV: obstetric a-Erb’s (C5-C6) b-Klumpke (C8-T1) c-Mixed (C5-T1) Become a friend on facebook:   / drebraheim   Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/DrEbraheim_UTMC