Transfer of supinator motor branches to the posterior interosseous nerve to reconstruct thumb and finger extension in tetraplegia: Case report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1647-1651

  Bertelli, Jayme A ^a,b,c,d   Tacca, Cristiano P ^a,b,c,d   Ghizoni, Marcos F ^a,b,c,d   Kechele, Paulo Roberto ^a,b,c,d   Santos, Marcos Antonio ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL GOVERNADOR CELSO RAMOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Regional Homero de Miranda Gomes   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nerve transfer; neurotization; spinal cord injury; supinator muscle; tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE GRAFT; POSTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUPINATOR MOTOR BRANCH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION; WRIST;

FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TRANSFER; PERIPHERAL NERVES; QUADRIPLEGIA; SNOW SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957334666     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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