title: The use of the latissimus dorsi muscle as an active motor unit for digital flexion.
abstract: A technique is described to restore flexion of the fingers and thumb using a latissimus dorsi muscle island as an active motor unit. It has been performed in a ten-year-old child with a satisfactory result.
authors.affiliation: Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Govila
mesh_terms: D001415:Back; D002648:Child; D005385:Fingers / Q000502:physiology*; D005543:Forearm Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*; D013933:Thumb / Q000502:physiology*