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The Use of the Latissimus Dorsi Muscle as an Active Motor Unit for Digital Flexion

A. GOVILA

From the Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Correspondence: Dr. Ashok Govila, Bungalow no 1153, Sector 24B, Chandigarh, India

A technique is described to restore flexion of the fingers and thumb using a latissimus dorsi muscle island as an active motor unit. It has been performed in a ten-year-old child with a satisfactory result.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 14, No. 1, 70-71 (1989)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(89)90019-3
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