Multi-center Prospective Randomized Study of the Surgical treatment of Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy
Grant Recipient: Peter Waters, MD
- Presentations & Publications:
- Presentations: 1. January 2004: Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Palsy. American Society for Reconstructive Microsugery, Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA 2. September 2004: XIV International Symposium on Brachial Plexus Injuries (1) Tendon Transfers and Glenohumeral Remodeling (2) Prospective Multicenter Study Update; Brescia, Italy 3. May 2005: Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy: Economic Analysis of Microsurgical Reconstruction, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North American, Ottawa, Canada 4. September 2006: Estimating Health-Related Quality of Life Impacts in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy Using Expert Elicitation; 61st Annual Meeting, ASSH, Washington, DC. Papers directly (*) or indirectly (#) related: *Bae DS, Waters PM, Zurakowski D. Reliability of Three Classification Systems Measuring Active Motion in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2003 Sep;85-A(9):1733-8. #Waters PM. Update on management of pediatric brachial plexus palsy. J Pediatr Orthop. 2005 Jan-Feb;25(1):116-26. *Waters PM, Bae DS. Effect of Tendon Transfers and Extra-Articular Soft-Tissue Balancing on Glenohumeral Development in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005 Feb;87(2):320-5. # Waters PM. Update on management of pediatric brachial plexus palsy. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2005 Jul;14(4):233-44. Review. *Waters PM, Bae DS. The Effect of Derotational Humeral Osteotomy on Global Shoulder Function in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 May;88(5):1035-42. # Bae DS, Waters PM. External Rotation Humeral Osteotomy for Brachial Plexus Birth palsy. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2007 Mar;11(1):8-14. Revie. #Bae DS, Waters PM, Zurakowski D Correlation of Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument with Measures of Active Movement in Children with Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. J Pediatr Orthop. 2008 Jul-Aug;28(5):584-92. *Waters PM, Bae DS. The Early Effects of Tendon Transfers and Open Capsulorrhaphy on Glenohumeral Deformity in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Oct;90(10):2171-9. #Bae DS, Zurakowski D, Avallone N, Yu R, Waters PM. Sports. #Waters PM, Bae DS. The Early Effects of Tendon Transfers and Open Capsulorrhaphy on Glenohumeral Deformity in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. Surgical Technique. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009 Oct 1;91 Suppl 2:213-22#Waters PM, Monica JT, Earp BE, Zurakowski D, Bae DS. Correlation of Radiographic Muscle Cross-Sectional Area with Glenohumeral Deformity in Children with Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009 Oct;91(10):2367-75. Participation in Selected Children with Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. J Pediatr Orthop. 2009 Jul-Aug;29(5):496-503. • #Hale HB, Bae DS, Waters PM. Current Concepts in the Management of Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. J Hand Surg Am. 2010 Feb;35(2):322-31.
- Further Funding:
- 1. 2002-2004 American Society for Surgery of the Hand 2. 2002: American Society for Surgery of the Hand: Multi-Center Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial on Microsurgery for Brachial Plexus Birth Palsies 3. 2006: Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America: Additional grant for development and maintenance of data management system for the multi-center study
