title: Independent function in a split flexor carpi radialis transfer.
abstract: In a patient requiring tendon transfer after radial nerve palsy, the flexor carpi radialis, a bipennate muscle, was split longitudinally into 2 compartments along the length of the aponeurosis extending proximally from the distal tendon to provide independent finger and thumb extension. This case report shows that the 2 compartments of a bipennate muscle in the forearm may have separate innervation, allowing transfer for independent functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Republic of Singapore.
authors.forename: Aymeric Y T
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Amitabha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lahiri
authors.forename: Barry P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: V Prem
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Lay-Lay
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D005542:Forearm / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000601:surgery*; D020425:Radial Neuropathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000379:methods*