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JOURNAL OF PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY
Volume 69, Issue 3, Pages 318-322Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2015.10.043
Keywords
Superficial radial nerve; Ulnar nerve; Brachial plexus; Sensory nerve transfer
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- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (STCSM) [124119a1001]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81371374]
- Key Laboratory of Hand Reconstruction, Ministry of Health
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Peripheral Nerve and Microsurgery
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Previously, we have reconstructed the motor function of patients with C7-T1 brachial plexus palsies through combined nerve and tendon transfers. However, these patients lose not only the motor function of the hand but also the sensation on the ulnar side of the hand. Without sensory recovery, the injured hand may be further damaged, particularly by burns in this contact zone. Therefore, we described a technique to restore the sensation at the ulnar aspect of the hand by performing a transfer of the radial branch of the superficial radial nerve to the sensory branch of the ulnar nerve. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons.
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