01365nas a2200337   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653001000080653001000090653001100100653002200111653001100133653001200144653000900156653001400165653003200179653001800211653003200229653002000261653001000281100001700291700001000308700001900318245009100337300001000428490000700438520056800445022001401013       1992                            d  c1992 Dec10aAdolescent10aAdult10aBurns10aChild10aFemale10aFollow-Up Studies10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aParalysis10aPhysical Therapy Modalities10aPoliomyelitis10aPostoperative Complications10aTendon Transfer10aThumb1 aAnderson G A1 aLee V1 aSundararaj G D00aOpponensplasty by extensor indicis and flexor digitorum superficialis tendon transfer.  a611-40 v173 a<p>From 1977 to 1988, 166 patients with median nerve paralysis of varied aetiology underwent opponensplasty. In 50 of these the extensor indicis was used, and in 116 the flexor digitorum superficialis of the ring finger. An analysis of these hands showed that the EI opponensplasty was best in supple hands and FDS opponensplasty was more suitable for less pliable hands. There were fewer complications seen after FDS opponensplasty if the detachment of the donor tendon was done through a volar oblique incision rather than the conventional lateral incision.</p>  a0266-7681