Grading of brachial plexus injuries
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According to CT myelography, brachial plexus injuries can be classified into six types 1:
- N type:normal root sleeve and nerve roots
- A1 type:slightly deformed root sleeves and nerve roots as compared to unaffected site
- A2 type:obliteration of the tip of root sleeves and deformed thickened nerve root
- A3 type: obliteration of the tip of root sleeves and absent nerve root
- D type: root sleeve defect
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M type: traumatic
meningocelemeningocoele (avulsion pseudomeningocoele) formation
Image and illustration examples for each of the types above are shown in Yoshikawa et al 2006 2.
-<strong>M type</strong>: traumatic meningocele formation</li>- +<strong>M type</strong>: traumatic meningocoele (avulsion <a title="Pseudomeningocoele" href="/articles/pseudomeningocoele-1">pseudomeningocoele</a>) formation</li>