Epidemiology and surgical management of obstetric brachial plexus injury: a national cohort study
OBPI is a rare disease, with a decreasing incidence paralleled by an increase in cesarean birth delivery rates between 2005 and 2018 in Germany. Total surgical management rates rose with a significant trend toward increasing microsurgical explorations and neurolyses. Being large for gestational age was identified as the main infantile risk factor for OBPI.
Authors
- Joan Alsolivany
- Dörte Huscher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9070-0761)
- Ulrich‐Wilhelm Thomale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4985-9847)
- Anton Früh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2982-2046)
- Kiarash Ferdowssian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0449-7195)
- Tarik Alp Sargut
- Nora F. Dengler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7783-8053)
- Jörg Bahm
- Christina Susanne Mark-Sargut
Institutions
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- Helios Hospital Bad Saarow (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Aachen (DE)
- Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-05-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.1.peds24626
- Primary Topic
- Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00