[The rehabilitation of patients with an injury to the brachial plexus].

On the basis of experience in the treatment of 175 patients, the problems of rendering aid in injury to the brachial plexus in Western Siberia are shown. The outcomes can be improved with the application of complex restorative neurosurgical treatment in the early periods after the trauma, regular dispensary follow-up, individually conducted orthopedic correction of the lost function of the limb by means of muscle plastics on a vascular pedicle. Good and satisfactory long-term results were recorded in 85% of cases.

[Outcomes of reconstructive operations in lesions of the nerves of the hand and the distal third of the forearm].

269 cases of the hand and distal third of the forearm peripheral nerves injuries have been treated in the Regional Clinical Surgical-Orthopedic Hospital for 10 years. Primary suture was carried out on 154 cases, early delayed suture-on 38, late delayed suture-on 22 repeated operations were performed upon 31 patients. The long-term results proved that the operations on the peripheral nerves should be performed after trauma as early as possible.