title: Abductor digit minimi opponensplasty: technique, modifications, and measurement of opposition.
abstract: The abductor digiti minimi is one of several muscles described as transfers for restoration of thumb opposition, a critically important function. This operation, also known as the Huber opponensplasty, is most commonly used for reconstruction of opposition in children with type 2 or 3a thumb deficiency, when it is often combined with Z-plasty of the thumb-index web space and metacarpophalangeal ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction. In our experience this operation reliably improves thumb opposition for children with this thumb deficiency.
authors.affiliation: Shriner's Hospital for Children Northern California, Davis, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Carolien P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: de Roode
authors.forename: Michelle A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: H Relton
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: McCarroll
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*