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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1973;55:1259-1264.
© 1973 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Partial Transposition of the Latissimus Dorsi

A NEW OPERATIVE TECHNIQUE TO RESTORE ELBOW AND FINGER FLEXION

ANATOL AXER M.D.1, DAVID SEGAL M.D.1, and ARIEH ELKON M.D.1

1 From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Asaf Harofe Government Hospital, Zerifin

In two severely paralyzed upper limbs, elbow flexion in one and both elbow and finger flexion in the other were restored by transfer of the upper portion of the latissimus dorsi to the arm. Keeping the neurovascular pedicle and the tendon attachment intact, the origin of the muscle was transposed through a subcutaneous tunnel to the biceps tendon in one patient and to the flexor profundus tendons in the other.


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