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Case Reports
. 2018 Sep 21:18:ic18.
eCollection 2018.

Extensor Tendon Transfers for Radial Nerve Palsy Secondary to Humeral Shaft Fracture

Elizabeth A Lucich  1 , Matthew P Fahrenkopf  1 , John P Kelpin  1 , Teresa C Hall  2 , Viet H Do  3
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Extensor Tendon Transfers for Radial Nerve Palsy Secondary to Humeral Shaft Fracture

Elizabeth A Lucich et al. Eplasty. .
No abstract available

Keywords: extensor tendon transfer; humeral shaft fracture; radial nerve laceration; radial nerve palsy; rehabilitation following tendon transfer.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Volar forearm incision demonstrating harvest of the pronator teres, flexor carpi radialis, and palmaris longus tendons (top to bottom). Note the strip of periosteum included on the pronator teres tendon.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Dorsal forearm incision demonstrating identification and isolation of recipient tendons. Extensor digitorum communis (top), extensor carpi radialis brevis (bottom), and extensor pollicis longus (right).
Figure 3
Figure 3
End-to-end tenorrhaphy of palmaris longus to extensor pollicis longus.
Figure 4
Figure 4
End-to-end tenorrhaphies of flexor carpi radialis to extensor digitorum communis (top) and pronator teres to extensor carpi radialis brevis (forceps).
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