A Decade of Imaging Patients with Traumatic Brachial Plexopathy: What have We Learned?

 In this paper, the authors share their experience of imaging patients with traumatic brachial plexopathy by magnetic resonance neurography (MRN) spanning over a period of nearly 10 years.  This was a single-institution, prospective, observational study conducted between August 2012 and March 2022.  Children and adults presenting to the plastic surgery outpatient department with features of traumatic brachial plexopathy were included in the study.

Update on sports imaging.

Sports Imaging has dramatically increased in the past decade with increasing number of adolescents, young and middle-aged adults participating in non-competitive/hobby sports. Therefore, sports injuries are no longer confined to elite athletes. Furthermore, newer forms of sports such as mountain climbing, pickle ball and curling etc.

MR neurography in Parsonage-Turner syndrome.

Background And Aims: Parsonage Turner Syndrome is a well known clinical entity. Several excellent articles have succinctly described Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) findings in PTS. However, these articles have inferred neural involvement in PTS based on the patterns of denervation of muscles in the shoulder region.

Antero-posterior axis of tibia in patient undergoing total knee replacement in Indian population.

Introduction: Aim of this CT- based study was to find out a reliable anatomical axis for proper rotational placement of the tibial component during knee replacement surgery in the Indian population.

Material And Methods: CT scanning was performed pre-operatively on all the 45 patients (13 men, 32 women, total 68 knees) due to undergo knee replacement for osteo-arthritic knees. The tibial anteroposterior (AP) axis is defined as a line drawn perpendicular to the surgical epicondylar femoral axis and passing through the center of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) attachment.

MR neurography in traumatic, non-obstetric paediatric brachial plexopathy.

Objectives: Many studies have elaborated on the role of magnetic resonance neurography (MRN) in evaluating traumatic brachial plexopathies. Most of these deal with MR findings in adult traumatic plexopathies or children with obstetric brachial plexus palsy (OBPP). Hence, the authors felt the need for this particular study, which focuses on MRN findings in children with non-obstetric traumatic brachial plexus palsy, to find out the distribution and severity of injuries in these patients.

Magnetic resonance neurography of the brachial plexus.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is being increasingly recognised all over the world as the imaging modality of choice for brachial plexus and peripheral nerve lesions. Recent refinements in MRI protocols have helped in imaging nerve tissue with greater clarity thereby helping in the identification, localisation and classification of nerve lesions with greater confidence than was possible till now. This article on Magnetic Resonance Neurography (MRN) is based on the authors' experience of imaging the brachial plexus and peripheral nerves using these protocols over the last several years.

MR neurography in traumatic brachial plexopathy.

Objectives: Imaging of the brachial plexus has come a long way and has progressed from plain radiography to CT and CT myelography to MRI. Evolution of MR imaging sequences has enabled good visualization of the small components of the plexus. The purpose of our study was to correlate the results of MR neurography (MRN) in patients with traumatic brachial plexopathy with their operative findings.