What Can Be Done for the Adolescent Brachial Plexus Patient?
As printed in Issue #16, 2004 of Outreach, a publication of the United Brachial Plexus Network, Kent, Ohio. Article reprinted with persmission from the United Brachial Plexus Network (www.ubpn.org) Written by the Brachial Plexus Team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Brachial plexus injuries affect children of all ages. Effective treatment protocols for infants, toddlers and school-aged children are widely used. At times however, older children also require care. As a result, treatment plans tailored for the adolescent patient must be available. Here is an example: Shaunese was first seen in the Brachial Plexus Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in August of 2003 when she was 14 years old. She had never seen a specialist for her brachial plexus injury in her right arm, which she was diagnosed with at birth. Her family found out about the center during a doctor’s visit last year. The Teen Clinic doctor was concerned with the mild curve in her back tha
