Diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging for nerve injury in obstetric brachial plexus injury: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early and accurate clinical diagnosis of the extent of obstetric brachial plexus injury (OBPI) is challenging. The current gold standard for delineating the nerve injury is surgical exploration, and synchronous reconstruction is performed if indicated. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive method of assessing the anatomy and severity of nerve injury in OBPI but the diagnostic accuracy is unclear. The primary objective of this review is to determine the diagnostic accuracy of MRI in comparison to surgical brachial plexus exploration for detecting root avulsion in children under 5 with OBPI. The secondary objectives are to determine its' diagnostic accuracy for detecting nerve abnormality and detecting pseudomeningocele(s) in this group.

Methods

This re

SUBMITTER: Hardie C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9392905 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature