Independent function in a split flexor carpi radialis transfer.
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.
Lim
Aymeric Y T
AY
Department of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Republic of Singapore.
Lahiri
Amitabha
A
Pereira
Barry P
BP
Kumar
V Prem
VP
Tan
Lay-Lay
LL
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*