Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brachial plexus is the imaging modality of first choice for depicting anatomy and pathology of the brachial plexus. The anatomy of the roots, trunks, divisions and cords is very well depicted due to the inherent contrast differences between the nerves and the surrounding fat. In this pictorial review the technique and the anatomy will be discussed. The fo...

The brachial plexus, which is the most complex structure of the peripheral nervous system, supplies most of the upper extremity and shoulder. The high incidence of brachial plexopathies reflects its vulnerability to trauma and the tendency of disorders involving adjacent structures to affect it secondarily. The combination of anatomic, pathophysiologic, and neuromuscular knowledge with detailed...

Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) involving the brachial vein and artery is an infrequently performed autogenous option in patients without suitable cephalic or basilic veins. The purpose of this study was to assess outcomes two-stage brachial-brachial (BrBr) creation. All outpatient AVFs created at two hospitals office-based laboratory between 2016 2019 were reviewed. Demographics, surgical methods,...

A brachial artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare but serious condition that can be limb threatening. A number of reports have found that it may be the result of damage to the blood vessels around the brachial artery, either directly or indirectly, due to trauma or systemic diseases. We present our experience of delayed pseudoaneurysm rupture of the brachial artery in a rehabilitation patient with bur...

Flow-mediated vasodilation (FMV), brachial artery flow (BAF), and brachial artery diameter were evaluated in 30 patients with congestive heart failure before and after cilazapril treatment. While mean pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure decreased significantly, flow-mediated vasodilation and left ventricular ejection fraction increased significantly following cilaza...

While most often transient, brachial plexus birth injury can cause permanent neurologic injury. The major risk factors for brachial plexus birth injury are fetal macrosomia and shoulder dystocia. The degree of injury to the brachial plexus should be determined in the neonatal nursery, as those infants with the most severe injury--root avulsion--should be referred early for surgical evaluation s...

In this study, the brachial plexus in the mole-rat was investigated. Six adult mole-rats were used and the brachial plexus of each was dissected. It was found that the brachial plexus in the mole-rat was formed by the rami ventralis of C5. A single root was formed from a major part of the ramus ventralis of C5 and through the joining of the whole of the ramus ventralis of C6, C7, C8 and T1. Thu...

Brachial plexus surgery using the da Vinci surgical robot is a new procedure. Although the supraclavicular approach is a well known described and used procedure for robotic surgery, axillary approach was unknown for brachial plexus surgery. A cadaveric study was planned to evaluate the robotic axillary approach for brachial plexus surgery. Our results showed that robotic surgery is a very usefu...

in upper brachial plexus (c5-c6 or c5-c6-c7 roots) injuries, restoration of elbow flexion is the first aim. several methods have been used to achieve this goal. among these procedures, oberlin’s method (transfer of part of ulnar nerve to the nerve to biceps muscle) is the newest one. from april 2002 to march 2003 we used this method in 9 cases, 8 males and 1 female, of upper brachial plexus inj...

hand ischemia is a rare complication of diabetes and some other chronic vascular diseases. critical hand ischemia causes painful limbs and disability and requires urgent revascularization. there have been a few reports of successful trans-brachial percutaneous angioplasty in the upper extremity in the radial or ulnar artery. herein, we report the results of the endovascular treatment of a 68-ye...