Long-Term Results of Surgery for Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy

Abstract

Following surgical treatment of brachial plexus birth palsy, substantial numbers of the patients continued to need help performing activities of daily living and had pain in the affected limb, with the pain due to a clavicular nonunion in one-fourth of the patients. The strongest prognostic factor predicting outcome appears to be the extent of the primary plexus injury.