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1/When it comes to brachial plexus pathology, you shouldn’t have to wing it! A #tweetorial to help you figure out #brachialplexus injuries
#medtwitter #meded #neurosurgery #orthotwitter #orthopedics #neurorad #radres #medstudent #FOAMed #FOAMrad #spine #radiology #neurotwitter Image
2/When it comes to brachial plexus injuries, the most important distinction to make is whether it is a pre or post ganglionic injury. Pre ganglionic injuries are nerve root avulsions from the spinal cord and cannot be repaired, while most post ganglionic injuries can be repaired Image
3/It’s like repairing a house. If there’s a structural flaw at the beginning, before you’ve even built it, you won’t even try to build it, you’ll just scrap the design (preganglionic). But if there’s damage after the house is built, you can salvage it w/repair (postganglionic) Image
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1/Ready for some heavy lifting? My second #tweetorial on the BRACHIAL PLEXUS! This time we cover how the #brachialplexus looks on #MRI.

#medtwitter #meded #neurosurgery #orthotwitter #orthopedics #neurorad #radres #medstudent #FOAMed #FOAMrad #spine #radiology #neurotwitter Image
2/Brachial plexus is how the cervical nerves reach the arm. In the coronal plane, it looks like a slide, guiding nerves downward. Bc nerves are traveling laterally, sagittal MRI plane is our plane of choice to cut the nerves in cross section & see down the barrel of the nerves Image
3/But it’s more than a slide, it’s a complex highway, w/nerves joining & dividing—like highway off ramps & on ramps. If you want to know more about this intrinsic anatomy, see my first brachial plexus tweetorial here: Image
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1/Raise your hand if you’re confused by the BRACHIAL PLEXUS! I could never quite remember or understand it—but now I do & I’ll show you how
A #tweetorial on #brachialplexus #anatomy!
#medtwitter #meded #neurosurgery #orthotwitter #orthopedics #neurorad #radres #medstudent #FOAMed Image
2/Everyone has a mnemonic to remember brachial plexus anatomy. I’m a radiologist, so I remember one about Rad Techs. But just remembering the names & their order isn’t enough. That is just the starting point--let’s really understand it Image
3/From the mnemonic, we start with the roots—the cervical nerve roots. I remember which roots make up the brachial plexus by remembering that it supplies the hand. You have 5 fingers on your hand so we start with C5 & we take 5 nerve roots (C5-T1). Image
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#BrachialPlexus #Webinar

Great content in this next webinar at 7pm EST (just over an hour)

Speakers include @PeterMurrayMD
Link: handsurgery.org/education/webi…

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Live tweets will follow in a thread for those who can't watch the webinar or those who want notes.

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1/ Degrees of Nerve Injury:
Neuropraxia
Axonotomesis
Neurtomesis
Avulsion
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