title: A new tendon transfer for ulnar clawhand: use of the palmaris longus extended with the palmar aponeurosis.
abstract: A new tendon transfer for ulnar paralytic clawhand, in which the palmaris longus with distal extensions of the palmar aponeurosis is passed under the transverse carpal ligament and fixed to the A-1 pulley of the small and ring fingers, is described. Advantages of the procedure are that there is no loss of function and free tendon grafts are not needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ochiai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mikami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010243:Paralysis / Q000150:complications; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000379:methods*