METHOD FOR SUBSTITUTING BRACHIAL PLEXUS NERVE TRUNK DEFECT Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves doing osteotomy of the clavicle in its median portion, setting compression-distraction apparatus base supports on the sternal fragment of the clavicle and proximal part of the arm connecting them with a rod, pulling the arm upward and making suprabrachial part close to the neck, making plexus neurorrhaphy. Both parts of the instrument are connected with plaster diadem set on the head. Next to it, nerve distraction is carried out by lowering the arm and making the suprabrachial part distant from the neck. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment.