简介:Brachialplexusinjuryisfrequentlyinducedbyinjuries,accidentsorbirthtrauma.Upperlimbfunctionmaybepartiallyortotallylostafterinjury,orleftpermanentlydisabled.Withthedevelopmentofvariousmedicaltechnologies,differenttypesofinterventionsareused,buttheireffectivenessiswideranging.Manyrepairmethodshavephasiccharacteristics,i.e.,repairsaredoneindifferentphases.Thisstudyexploredresearchprogressandhottopicmethodsforprotectionafterbrachialplexusinjury,byanalyzing1,797articlesconcerningtherepairofbrachialplexusinjuries,publishedbetween2004and2013andindexedbytheScienceCitationIndexdatabase.Resultsrevealedthattherearemanymethodsusedtorepairbrachialplexusinjury,andtheireffectsarevaried.Interventionmethodsincludenervetransfersurgery,electricalstimulation,celltransplantation,neurotrophicfactortherapyanddrugtreatment.Therapeuticmethodsinthisfieldchangeaccordingtothehottopicofresearch.
简介:Objective: Toreportamethodandremotetherapeuticeffectofearlynervetranspositionintreatmentofobstetricalbrachialplexuspalsy. Methods: FromMay1995toAugust1996,12patientswhohadnorecoveryofbiceps3monthsafterbirthweretreatedwithnervetransposition.Eighthadneuromaattheuppertrunkand4hadruptureoravulsionoftheuppertrunk.Mallettestwasusedtoevaluatetheresults. Results: Thefollow-upof40-52monthsshowedthatexcellentandgoodrecoveryinfunctionswasfoundin75%ofthepatientsandtheexcellentrateofphrenicnerveandaccessorynervetranspositionwas83.3%and66.7%respectively.Acompleterecoveryinshoulderandelbowjointfunctionwasin3patientsandMalletⅣwasin6patients. Conclusions: Satisfactoryoutcomecanbeobtainedbyusingearlynervetranspositionintreatingobstetricalbrachialplexus.Paralysis,obstetric;Peripheralnerves;Nervetransposition
简介:BackgroundCentralaorticsystolicbloodpressure(CASP)hasbeenshowntobeastrongerpredictoroftarget-organdamageandcardiovasculareventsthanbrachialsystolicbloodpressure(BSBP),buttherewasnodataaboutwhetherCASPcanpredictprolongedQRSdurationmorethanBSBP.WeexaminedtheassociationofCASPandBSBPwithQRSdurationinruralcommunityresidents.MethodsWeretrospectivelyanalyzed490ruralcommunityresidents.Standardresting12-leadECGandcentralaorticbloodpressure(CABP)weremeasurednoninvasivelyinallsubjectsatbaseline.TheQRSdurationwasequaltoormorethan120msbeingdefinedasprolongedQRSduration.ResultsTheprolongedQRSdurationgroupshowedhigherCASP(139.38±11.67vs.135.36±16.22,P=0.031)andBSBP(136.03±6.74vs.124.44±13.01,P<0.001)ascomparedwithcontrols.MultivariatelinearregressionanalysisshowedthatCASP,BSBPandheartratewereindependentlyaffectingQRSduration.LogisticregressionanalysesshowedthatCASP(OR1.057,95%CI:1.027,1.088,P<0.001)andBSBP(OR1.056,95%CI:1.027,1.086,P=0.032)wereindependentpredictorsofprolongedQRSdurationafteradjustmentforage,sex,bodymassindex,heartrate.CASPhadabetterpredictivevalueforprolongedQRSdurationthan(AUC:0.793vs.0.601,P<0.001)BSBP.ConclusionsOurfindingsdemonstratethatbothCASPandBSBParerisksforprolongedQRSduration,butCASPcanpredictprolongedQRSdurationbetterthanBSBP.