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Ellen Y Lee1,2, Allen T Bishop1,3, Robert J Spinner1,3
1Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Techniques in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery
|April 23, 2025
Abstract
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The gracilis free functioning muscle transfer is an established procedure for reconstructing elbow, wrist, and hand function in adult traumatic brachial plexus injury patients. Elbow flexion or distal wrist or hand function can be compromised by gracilis bowstringing in up to 17.8% of patients. Two techniques for pulley reconstruction to correct bowstringing and improve the function of the gracilis transfer are described.

