New York BPI Specialists/Clinics

Scott W. Wolfe,MD


Response to UBPN questionnaire:
NOTE: Only questions answered are included here

When was your Brachial Plexus Injury Clinic established?

1990
Identify what specialties related to brachial plexus injuries are represented by practitioners working in your clinic including physical/occupational therapists, if any.

Nursing, Occupational and Physical Therapy, Social Work, Psychology liason, Pain Management, Surgery: Vascular surgery, Orthopedic surgery, Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery.
What do you/your clinic specialize in treating?

  • adult brachial plexus injuries
  • obstetrical brachial plexus injuries
  • trauma or other brachial plexus injuries
Indicate the total number of brachial plexus patients you/your clinic has evaluated since your establishment:

Number of children (Obstetrical brachial plexus injuries):
24

Number of children (Trauma or other brachial plexus injuries):
20

Number of adults (Obstetrical brachial plexus injuries):
15

Number of adults (Trauma or other brachial plexus injuries):
110
State your philosophy regarding evaluation, referral and treatment of obstetrical brachial plexus injuries in children.

Please see: Dodds, S.D.; Wolfe, S.W.: Perinatal Brachial Plexus Palsy. Current Opinion in Pediatrics.12:40-47, 2000.
State your philosophy regarding evaluation, referral and treatment of trauma or other brachial plexus injuries in adults.

Please see: Merrell, G.A.; Barrie, K.A.; Katz, D.L.; Wolfe, S.W.: Results of nerve transfer techniques for restoration of shoulder and elbow function in the context of a meta-analysis of the English literature. J. Hand Surg. 26A(2): 303-314, 2001.
State your philosophy regarding pain management and brachial plexus injuries.

Management of pain is essential to management of plexus injuries in children and adults. Surgical reconstruction often alleviates neurogenic pain to a great extent. Judicious use of the DREZ procedure can control pain in carefully selected patients..
Do you accept any national/governmental payment for services or are you enrolled in any state medicaid plans? Please provide information on these plans and include which states you are enrolled in for medicaid services.

No answer provided.
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