About one in 1,000 children are born with brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI), upper extremity weakness or paralysis ...
Other prominent nerves originate from the brachial plexus roots and trunk, including the dorsal scapular, suprascapular, and long thoracic nerves. These nerves originate proximally soon after the ...
Complete brachial plexus (C5–T1) avulsion from the spinal ... were restored and reconnected to all five avulsed ventral roots by means of spinal cord medullary implantation of peripheral nerve ...
At the level of the first rib, the lower cervical nerve roots combine to form the 3 trunks of the brachial plexus. The lowest trunk is formed by the union of C8 and T1, and this trunk lies ...