Research activities
Here is a list of selected works published by the Brachial Plexus Team at The Hospital for Sick Children.
Michelow BJ, Clarke HM, Curtis CG, Zuker RM, Seifu Y, Andrews DF. The natural history of obstetrical brachial plexus palsy. Plast Reconstr Surg. 93: 675-680;1994.
Al-Qattan MM, Clarke HM, Curtis CG. The prognostic value of concurrent clavicular fractures in newborns with obstetrical brachial plexus palsy. J Hand Surg. [Br] 19:729-730; 1994.
Al-Qattan MM, Clarke HM, Curtis CG. Klumpke's birth palsy: Does it really exist? J Hand Surg. [Br] 20:19-23; 1995.
Clarke HM, Curtis CG. An approach to obstetrical brachial plexus palsy. Hand Clinics. 11:563-580; 1995.
Clarke HM, Al-Qattan MM, Curtis CG, Zuker RM. Obstetrical brachial plexus palsy: Results following neurolysis of conducting neuromas-in-continuity. Plast Reconstr Surg. 97:974-982; 1996.
El-Sayed AAF, Al-Qattan MM, Clarke HM, Curtis CG. Incidence of Klumpke's birth palsy: Comparison between two decades. Can J Plast Surg. 4:111-113; 1996.
Capek L, Clarke HM, Zuker RM. Endoscopic sural nerve harvest in the pediatric patient. Plast Reconstr Surg. 98:884-888; 1996.
de Chalain TMB, Clarke HM, Curtis CG. Case report: Unilateral combined facial nerve and brachial plexus palsies in a neonate following a midlevel forceps delivery. Ann Plast Surg. 38:187-190; 1997.
Al-Qattan MM, Clarke HM, Curtis CG. The prognostic value of concurrent phrenic nerve palsy in newborn children with Erb's palsy. J Hand Surg. [Br] 23:225; 1998.
Clarke HM. An update on endoscopic sural nerve harvest. Plast Reconstr Surg. 102:1304; 1998.
Capek L, Clarke HM, Curtis CG. Neuroma-in-continuity resection: Early outcome in obstetrical brachial plexus palsy. Plast Reconstr Surg. 102:1555-1562; 1998.
Al-Qattan MM, Clarke HM, Curtis CG. The prognostic value of concurrent Horner's syndrome in total obstetric brachial plexus injury. J Hand Surg. [Br] 25:166-167; 2000.
Chow BCL, Blaser S, Clarke HM. Predictive value of computed tomographic myelography in obstetrical brachial plexus palsy. Plast Reconstr Surg. 106:971-977; 2000.
Clarke HM, Curtis CG. Examination and prognosis. In Brachial Plexus Injuries. Gilbert A; ed. Martin Bunitz, London. 2001, pp. 159-172.
Curtis C, Stephens D, Clarke HM, Andrews D. The active movement scale: An evaluative tool for infants with obstetrical brachial plexus palsy. J Hand Surg. [Am] 27:470-478; 2002.
La Scala GC, Rice SB, Clarke HM. Complications of microsurgical reconstruction of obstetrical brachial plexus palsy. Plast Reconstr Surg. 111:1383-1388; 2003.