Movement Disorders of the Upper Extremities in Children: Conservative and Operative Therapy

ISBN-13: 9783030536213 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 344 str.

Jörg Bahm

Spis treści

Preface

Part 1. Introduction

1. Introduction

2. History of Reconstructive Operations

3. Obstetric risk factors

Part 2. Diagnostics

4. Diagnostics and therapy planning from the perspective of the neuropaediatrician

5. Surgical diagnostic and measurement procedures

6. Objective acquisition of pathological movement patterns of the upper extremity: muscular coordination and movement analysis

7. "Invasive" diagnostic procedures: Electromyography, Neurography and Evoked Potentials

8. Central neural plasticity

Part 3. Conservative Treatment Methods

9. Physiotherapy

10. Occupational therapy for children and adolescents

11. Orthopaedic Technology

12. Botulinum Toxin

13. Self-concept

14. Inclusion

Part 4. Primarily reconstructive interventions

15. Reconstruction of traumatized nerves

16. Neuroorthopaedic management of congenital joint stiffness and muscle spasticity

17. Neurosurgical Options

18. Rare clinical features

19. Anaesthesia in infants and young children with birth traumatic plexus lesion

Part 5. Secondary interventions

20. Principles of orthopaedic correction

21. secondary reconstructive surgery

22. Non neural microsurgery in children

23. Secondary Microsurgery

Part 6. Follow-up Treatment

24. Specific post-operative treatment

25. Research on peripheral nerves and muscles

Part 7. The non-medical concern

26. Three testimonials on obstetric brachial plexus palsy

27. At home and at school

28. Professional life and sports

29. Legal Benefits for the severely disabled - the process for filing an eligibility claim with the pension and benefits office

Part 8. Forensic and legal issues

30. Legal Issues and Forensic Problems in Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Paresis

31. The role of the reconstructive surgeon in medico-legal practice

Index

O autorze

Dr. Bahm received his medical degree in 1987 and completed his surgical training in France and Belgium. He trained in hand surgery in Lille, Strasbourg and Paris. He finished his surgical training in 1995 at the University Hospital Aachen, Germany and was an assistant physician in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University Hospital Aachen, Germany, from 1994 to 1999. Dr. Bahm received his degree in plastic surgery in 1998 and in hand surgery in 2001. From 2000 to 2019, he has been head of the Unit for Reconstructive Microsurgery at the Franziskus Hospital in Aachen, Germany. Since 2004, he also works as consultant for peripheral nerve surgery at the department for orthopaedics and traumatology at the ULB University Hospital in Brussels, Belgium. In 2011, he achieved his medical PhD degree at the ULB University of Brussels, Belgium. Since 2020, he directs the section for plexus surgery of the department for plastic, hand and burn surgery at the University Hospital Aachen, Germany.

His interests are reconstructive plastic surgery in children, in particular brachial plexus lesions. Dr. Bahm is member of the German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (DGPRÄC) and the German Society of Hand Surgeons (DHG). He has been president of the Belgian Society of Hand Surgeons (BHG) in 2012 and 2013. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 scientific publications in journals. 

Blurb

This book discusses the diagnosis and therapy for movement disorders of the upper extremities in children caused by brachial plexus injuries, peripheral nerve lesions or spasticity. The diagnostic procedures are presented from the perspective of pediatricians and surgeons. In addition to detailed descriptions of primary reconstructive and secondary surgical procedures, it also presents essentials of non operative treatment, such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy and orthopedic technologies. The book is rounded out with information on the management of these patients and their parents.

Written by experienced clinicians, it offers valuable reading for plastic surgeons, pediatricians and surgeons who are interested in this topic.