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If you’ve got sustained a fall from a motorcycle, been hit on the shoulder, experienced the sudden jerky movement of the shoulder or any kind of injury within the neck and you discover it impossible to maneuver your arm, then you presumably have injured your plexus brachialis. this type of injury requires very early intervention by a specialist surgeon, most frequently a cosmetic surgeon, failing which there are often a permanent disability with total, permanent loss of movements of the upper limb So what’s this plexus brachialis and why is it so important? They are a group of nerves that arise from the medulla spinalis within the neck region and pass down through the neck into the arm, supplying the muscles of the arm, forearm, hand, and fingers. These nerves also carry sensation from the upper limb. So when these nerves are injured, loss of function of the affected muscle will occur. Injury can involve one or all the nerves causing paralysis to some or all the muscles of the upp...

Plastic Surgery Treatment Plastic Surgery is the super specialty of surgery which is different from other surgeries as there are no anatomic restrictions to its involvement & requires manipulation of skin, soft tissue & bone from head to toe. At Amandeep Hospital, plastic surgery is divided into two divisions Reconstructive Surgery Cosmetic & Aesthetic Surgery Reconstructive Surgery Reconstructive surgery is used to restore the form and function of the body, and not only for the purpose of improving appearance . It deals with reconstruction of different parts of the body, which may deformed due to birth defects , following trauma/accident, burns, infection or cancer surgery, especially cancer involving head and neck region. Plastic surgeons , otolaryngologists, and maxillofacial surgeons utilize reconstructive surgery on faces after trauma and to reconstruct the head and neck after cancer. Other bra...