TRANSFER OF A SINGLE FLEXOR CARPI ULNARIS and

y, pita ate to tie ng-ths te im eir fro dia f si n V i ulnaris Capellen reported flexor carpi radialis (FCR) transfer to Jones add carpi radia brevis (EC and, again should be Kruft et a 50 variatio now been nation is EDC, an extensor p tion for abductor p In 1991 extensor indicis proprius (EIP), extensor digiti minimi ith radial U tendon ents were function, xtend the o recover her been fter nerve ge age of 1). In 92 level by humeral fracture (42 patients), direct stab ARTICLE IN PRESSre regeneration of the radial nerve was radial nerve function was lost, but(EDM) and EPL as an internal splint in addition to repairing the radial nerve. The result impressed us: the patients could use their hands immediately after removing the plaster slab splint, it was not necessary to use dynamic splints and they went back to their work months befo wounds, bullet or shell fragment injuries (22 patients) or iatrogenic injury during fixation of humeral fractures (21 patients). In the remaining 16 patients (15%), the lower brachial plexus had been partially injured at axillary level or under the clavicle (Table 2) such that ulnar nerve and 542nerve injury, we transferred the FCU alone to EDC, patients (85%), the radial nerve was injured at the armed the pronator teres (PT) transfer to extensor lis longus (ECRL) and extensor carpi radialis RB). Jones made further modifications in1916, in 1921. Zachary, in 1946, wrote that FCR preserved for wrist control (Green, 1999; l., 1997; Lowe et al., 2002; Tsuge, 1980). Over ns of tendon transfer for this problem have described. The most widely accepted combi-the triple transfer of PT to ECRB, FCU to d palmaris longus (PL) to the re-routed ollicis longus (EPL). We used this combina-many years, sometimes also incorporating ollicis longus., in a small number of patients with radia