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JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
Volume 114, Issue 5, Pages 1457-1460Publisher
AMER ASSOC NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS
DOI: 10.3171/2010.12.JNS101519
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tetraplegia; nerve transfer; elbow extension
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In a case involving tetraplegia and paralysis of elbow extension, the authors transferred teres minor branches to the nerve of the triceps long head. Surgery was performed bilaterally 9 months after the patient sustained a spinal cord injury. Fourteen months postoperatively, elbow extension was complete (British Medical Research Council Score M4). Harvesting of the teres minor motor branch produced no deficits in shoulder function. In patients with tetraplegia, nerve transfer seems to be a promising new alternative for elbow extension reconstruction. (DOI: 10.3171/2010.12.JNS101519)
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