title: Tendon transfers for combined nerve injuries.
abstract: The patient with an upper extremity affected with multiple nerve injuries will require multiple surgical procedures for reconstruction by tendon transfer. Successful reconstruction will be based on a simple plan that adheres to the basic principles of tendon transfers, as well as the more detailed principles of combined nerve injuries. When completed, the reconstruction will only redistribute the few specific assets that are available and therefore cannot be expected to create normally functional hands.
authors.affiliation: Iowa Musculoskeletal Center, Cedar Rapids.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Eversmann
mesh_terms: D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008475:Median Nerve; D010243:Paralysis / Q000601:surgery*; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D011826:Radial Nerve; D013709:Tendon Transfer; D014459:Ulnar Nerve