Free Flap Functional Muscle Transfers.
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Garcia, RM; Ruch, DS
Published in: Hand Clin
August 2016
Free functional muscle transfers remain a powerful reconstructive tool to restore upper extremity function when other options such as tendon or nerve transfers are not available. This reconstructive technique is commonly used for patients following trauma, ischemic contractures, and brachial plexopathies. Variable outcomes have been reported following free functional muscle transfers that are related to motor nerve availability and reinnervation. This article highlights considerations around donor motor nerve selection, dissection, and use of the gracilis muscle, and the surgical approach to performing a free functional muscle transfer to restore elbow flexion and/or digit flexion.
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Hand Clin
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1558-1969
Publication Date
August 2016
Volume
32
Issue
3
Start / End Page
397 / 405
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Orthopedics
- Nerve Transfer
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Humans
- Free Tissue Flaps
- Elbow Joint
- Brachial Plexus Neuropathies
- 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1103 Clinical Sciences
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Garcia, R. M., & Ruch, D. S. (2016). Free Flap Functional Muscle Transfers. Hand Clin, 32(3), 397–405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hcl.2016.03.009
Garcia, Ryan M., and David S. Ruch. “Free Flap Functional Muscle Transfers.” Hand Clin 32, no. 3 (August 2016): 397–405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hcl.2016.03.009.
Garcia RM, Ruch DS. Free Flap Functional Muscle Transfers. Hand Clin. 2016 Aug;32(3):397–405.
Garcia, Ryan M., and David S. Ruch. “Free Flap Functional Muscle Transfers.” Hand Clin, vol. 32, no. 3, Aug. 2016, pp. 397–405. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.hcl.2016.03.009.
Garcia RM, Ruch DS. Free Flap Functional Muscle Transfers. Hand Clin. 2016 Aug;32(3):397–405.
Published In
Hand Clin
DOI
EISSN
1558-1969
Publication Date
August 2016
Volume
32
Issue
3
Start / End Page
397 / 405
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Orthopedics
- Nerve Transfer
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Humans
- Free Tissue Flaps
- Elbow Joint
- Brachial Plexus Neuropathies
- 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1103 Clinical Sciences