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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1409-0015</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina Legal de Costa Rica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Med. leg. Costa Rica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1409-0015</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Costarricense de Medicina Forense]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1409-00152016000200165</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Valoración del daño corporal lesión completa e irreversible del plexo braquial]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quesada Brenes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francisco]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>165</fpage>
<lpage>177</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000200165&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000200165&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000200165&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Las lesiones del plexo braquial son más frecuentes de lo que se pueda pensar y las padecen generalmente personas jóvenes en edad reproductiva, lo que trae consigo importante afectación a la economía no solo familiar sino también a la de la nación. Esta entidad nosológica compromete de forma grave la función del miembro superior afectado produciendo parálisis sensitiva, motora y vegetativa, en muchos de los casos se ve acompañada además de dolor neuropático intenso, lo que no redunda en la incapacidad permanente de la persona afectada, con el agravante de que los recursos terapéuticos disponibles son limitados y el pronóstico sigue siendo muy variable, con un amplio espectro de posibilidades que van desde la completa hasta la nula recuperación.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ Abstract: Brachial plexus injuries are more common than you might think and usually suffer from young people of reproductive age, which brings significant effect not only to the family economy but also to the nation. This disease entity severely compromises the function of the affected upper limb producing sensory, motor and vegetative paralysis, being that in many cases is accompanied besides intense neuropathic pain, which is not in permanent disability of the person concerned, with the aggravating circumstance that the therapeutic resources are limited and prognosis is still very variable, with a wide spectrum of possibilities ranging from full recovery to zero.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Plexo broquial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[parálisis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[lesiones]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[extremidad superior]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Brachial plexus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Palsy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Injuries]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Upper extremity]]></kwd>
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