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Restoration of elbow flexion 16 years after brachial plexus root avulsion
A A van Turnhout1, J W Mulder, E Heybroek
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
To restore elbow flexion in brachial plexus lesions or cervical root avulsions, surgical nerve reconstruction can be attempted after approximately 6 months. If the reconstruction is not successful or was not performed, tendon transfer may improve the function of a paralysed limb. The selection of the muscle for transfer can be influenced by strengthening potentially available muscles by a myo-feedback method.