KLUMPKES BIRTH PALSY - DOES IT REALLY EXIST

Authors
ALQATTAN MM CLARKE HM CURTIS CG
Citation
Mm. Alqattan et al., KLUMPKES BIRTH PALSY - DOES IT REALLY EXIST, Journal of hand surgery. British volume, 20B(1), 1995, pp. 19-23
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics,Surgery
Journal title
Journal of hand surgery. British volume → ACNP
ISSN journal
02667681
Volume
20B
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
19 - 23
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-7681(1995)20B:1<19:KBP-DI>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Erb's palsy is the most common obstetric brachial plexus injury follow ed by total plexus palsy. The distribution of Klumpke's birth palsy wi th modern obstetric practice is unknown. In this paper, we studied the distribution of Klumpke's birth palsy in our series of 235 consecutiv e cases of obstetrical brachial plexus injury and determined the incid ence of this type of palsy to be 0.6% as cited in the English literatu re over the last decade.