Video of a 25-year-old man who suffered complete brachial plexus avulsion, three years after reinnervation of the medial portion of the antebrachial part of the radial nerve at the level of the latissimus dorsi insertion with a full-length phrenic nerve, demonstrating wrist and digit extension function.

This information has been taken from Selective Neurotization of the Radial Nerve in the Axilla Using a Full-length Phrenic Nerve to Treat Complete Brachial Plexus Palsy: An Anatomic Study and Case Report, a manuscript that can be read here http://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/… . It was submitted by corresponding author Tao Wang, MD, from the Department of Hand Surgery at Huashan Hospital in Shanghai, China.