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Latissimus Dorsi Transplantation to Restore Elbow Flexion to the Paralysed LimbFrom the Kanto Rosai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan
In two patients with flexor paralysis of the elbow due to a lesion of the brachial pluxus, the entire latissimus dorsi muscle was transplanted to act as an elbow flexor, preserving its neurovascular pedicle. This flexorplasty proved useful for patients who had suffered a traction lesion of the upper trunk of the brachial plexus.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 9, No. 1,
61-63 (1984) |
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