title: A part of the ulnar nerve as an alternative donor nerve for functioning free muscle transfer: a case report.
abstract: A patient with no active elbow flexion because of poliomyelitis-like syndrome underwent functioning free muscle transfer for elbow flexion reconstruction in which a part of the ulnar nerve was used as a donor motor nerve. Fourteen months after surgery the patient had achieved 120 degrees of active elbow flexion against gravity without functional deficit of the donor ulnar nerve. A part of the ulnar nerve can be used as an alternative donor motor nerve for reconstruction of chronic C5-C6 (or C5-7) brachial plexus injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ogori Daiichi General Hospital, Shimogo, 862-3, Ogori, Yoshikigun, Yamaguchi, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: Kazuteru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Amresh S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Baliarsing
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology / Q000637:transplantation; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D016067:Nerve Transfer; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D013577:Syndrome; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000637:transplantation*