Surgical treatment of hands for C5-C6 tetraplegia.
The author describes a three-stage reconstruction for the patient with C5-C6 tetraplegia who has powerful wrist extensors and median sensibility. This procedure gives maximum utilization to the remaining four functional muscles. Triceps substitution by a posterior deltoid transfer is an excellent adjunctive procedure.
D005385:Fingers / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006225:Hand / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000534:rehabilitation*