Essential
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Words
- Erb-Duchenne Palsy
- Erb’s Paralysis
- Erb-Duchenne Paralysis
- Duchenne-Erb Paralysis
- Duchenne’s Paralysis
- Duchenne-Erb Syndrome
- Upper Brachial Plexus Paralysis, Erb-Duchenne Type
- Upper Brachial Plexus Palsy, Erb-Duchenne Type
Problem Subdivisions
- None
General Discussion
Brachial plexus palsy, additionally recognized as Erb’s palsy, is a paralysis or weak point of the arm triggered by an injury to one or even more nerves that manage and also provide the muscle tissues of the shoulder as well as top extremities (top brachial plexus). The brachial plexus is the network of nerves that performs signals from the spinal column to the arm, shoulder, and also hand.
There are 4 sorts of brachial plexus injury, avulsion, one of the most serious kind, where the nerve is torn from the spinal column, tear, where the nerve is torn however not at the factor at which it is affixed to the spinal column; neuroma, where the nerve is torn as well as has actually attempted to recover yet mark cells has actually expanded around the website; and also neuropraxia (stretch), one of the most usual kind of injury, where the nerve has actually been ruined however not torn.