Bilateral elbow flexion reconstruction with functioning free muscle transfer for obstetric brachial plexus palsy.
A child suffered a bilateral obstetric brachial plexus palsy involving the C5 and C6 nerve roots. Abduction of the shoulder joints had recovered by 1 year, but elbow flexion did not recover on either side. Free gracilis muscle transfers were performed on both sides, at an interval of 6 months, to achieve elbow flexion. The spinal accessory nerve was used as the donor nerve.
D000055:Accessory Nerve / Q000637:transplantation; D020516:Brachial Plexus Neuropathies / Q000601:surgery*; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000637:transplantation*