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Treatment of Posterior Sternoclavicular Dislocation With Locking ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
Ortho SuperSite,...especially with impingement signs and symptoms such as dyspnea, dysphagia, dysphonia, brachial plexus injury, and vascular alterations.

BC Bowen, DJ Seidenwurm for the Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging  -  Feb 13, 2008
AJNR (subscription),Detection of nerve rootlet avulsion on CT myelography in patients with birth palsy and brachial plexus injury after trauma.

'Taking the risk'  -  Jan 25, 2008
Concord Monitor,He had a brachial plexus injury, usually caused by a car accident. He had a nerve root avulsion of vertebra C5, 6 and 7, in his neck, below the base of his

Shoulder Dystocia and Nerve Injury  -  Dec 27, 2007
InjuryBoard.com,Brachial plexus injury has often been assumed to be the result of excessive lateral head flexion applied during delivery, thereby selectively stretching the

Surgery scheduled Dec. 18 for youth whose nerves were severed in ...  -  Dec 9, 2007
Mason City Globe Gazette,Jesse and his parents, Eric and Monica, learned he had sustained a brachial plexus injury. In subsequent testing, doctors were hopeful there was a fracture

Life changed in an instant  -  Dec 13, 2007
Port Lincoln Times,...â€œHe is very lucky, a lot of people get no movement in their arm after a brachial plexus injury,â€? Mr Kranz said. â€œHis lungs have recovered pretty well but

ARCA Testing Concludes At Daytona International Speedway  -  Dec 17, 2007
PaddockTalkGerhart was diagnosed with a left brachial plexus injury and a T6 compression fracture after an accident at Pocono Raceway in early August.

Titans-Chiefs Week: Monday Report  -  Dec 11, 2007
Titans InsiderJacob just had burner symptoms, referred to as a brachial-plexus injury. He was much better today. No, it wasnâ€™ta concussion at all.

whitechapel guitarist leaves band  -  Nov 25, 2007
The Gauntlet,...the number one hospital in the country for brachial plexus injury. which i have in my right arm from my motorcycle wreck on april 28th of this year. i'm

Whitechapel Part Ways With Guitarist  -  Nov 25, 2007
Metal Underground,I just got back from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, the number one hospital in the country for Brachial Plexus injury. Which I have in my right arm from my

FONAR Announces Fiscal 2007 Year-End Financial Results  -  Sep 28, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging featured an article entitled 'Upright MRI of glenohumeral dysplasia following obstetric brachial plexus injury'.

Jury needs time to mull over med mal case  -  Oct 5, 2007
Edwardsville Intelligencer,At some point in the delivery, though, the baby's arm and shoulder were damaged and she was later diagnosed with Erb's Palsy, a brachial plexus injury that

Gophers' player injured two years ago visits practice  -  Aug 15, 2007
Post-Bulletin,Owens suffered a brachial plexus injury in which several nerve roots were torn out of his spinal cord, according to Gophers head athletic trainer Ed Lochrie

Keselowski To Sub For Injured ARCA Veteran Gerhart  -  10 Aug 2007
AHNGerhart sustained a left brachial plexus injury and a T6 compression fracture in an accident in the Pennsylvania 200 and Brian Keselowski will be replacing

What is ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ...  -  Jul 6, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),Since doctors are made aware of the huge potential for expensive litigation in the form of brachial plexus injury lawsuit, it does make them try that much

Bell Microproducts Enters Distribution Deal With Belkin Intl ...  -  May 30, 2007
RTT News,Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging included an article entitled 'Upright MRI of glenohumeral dysplasia following obstetric brachial plexus injury'.

Cesarean Delivery and the Riskâ€“Benefit Calculus  -  28 Feb 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),...it has been estimated that 3695 cesarean deliveries are needed to prevent one permanent brachial plexus injury â€” a number that reflects both the

Letters for Monday  -  Feb 12, 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),Cherie L. Hohertz, president, North Texas Brachial Plexus Injury Foundation, Arlington. Re: "Hate-talk radio host down in mouth â€“ White supremacist goes to

'Heart and determination'  -  Feb 9, 2007
Peoria Journal Star,Napolitano suffered what's known as a brachial plexus injury, which occurs when the nerves that control motor function in the hands and arms are strained or

Long-Term Results of Surgery for Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy  -  Jan 2, 2007
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)The extent of the brachial plexus injury was found to be strongly associated with the final shoulder, elbow, and hand function in a multivariate analysis.

Mother, child awarded $1.8 million for injuries during childbirth  -  Jan 12, 2007
Virginian Pilot,He suffered a brachial plexus injury, according to a complaint filed in Virginia Beach Circuit Court. The injury caused nerves in the childâ€™s neck to be

Cardiac Care Unit at Catholic Medical Centre Hospital  -  Jan 7, 2007
E-Pao.net,Institute of Laparoscopic Surgery, Kolkata in February 2006, Brachial Plexus Injury camp conducted by Dr Mukund R Thatte from Mumbai hospital in March

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