title: Tendon Transfers for Combined Peripheral Nerve Injuries.
abstract: Combined peripheral nerve injuries present a unique set of challenges to the hand surgeon when considering tendon transfers. They are often associated with severe soft tissue trauma, including lacerations to remaining innervated muscles and tendons, significant scar formation, and substantial sensory loss. In the case of combined nerve injuries, there are typically fewer options for tendon transfers due to fewer tendons of shared function that are expendable as well as associated injuries to tendon or muscle bellies. As such, careful preoperative planning must be performed to make the most of remaining muscle tendon units.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Utah, 590 Wakara Way, Room A0100, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Makarewich
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Utah, 590 Wakara Way, Room A0100, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA. Electronic address: Douglas.Hutchinson@hsc.utah.edu.
authors.forename: Douglas T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Hutchinson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D010781:Photography; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D013710:Tendons / Q000294:innervation
keywords: Combined; Injury; Median; Nerve; Palsy; Radial; Tendon transfer; Ulnar