The transplantation of the extensor indicis to restore the opposition of thumb has been realized by two techniques: -- transplantation through the 2nd interosseous space with suture on the abductor pollicis brevis but the result was poor for the guide pulley resulting did not work well. -- transplantation with reflexion on the cubital side of the wrist which in 5 cases proved to be satisfactory. In medico cubital paralysis one must also cure the "cubital claw of the thumb". The surgical procedure, using a dispensable tendon, could be directly associated to the sutures of the proximal injuries of the cubital nerve as a temporary palliative.
BT - Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/459789?dopt=Abstract DA - 1979 Jan-Feb IS - 1 J2 - Med Trop (Mars) LA - fre N2 -The transplantation of the extensor indicis to restore the opposition of thumb has been realized by two techniques: -- transplantation through the 2nd interosseous space with suture on the abductor pollicis brevis but the result was poor for the guide pulley resulting did not work well. -- transplantation with reflexion on the cubital side of the wrist which in 5 cases proved to be satisfactory. In medico cubital paralysis one must also cure the "cubital claw of the thumb". The surgical procedure, using a dispensable tendon, could be directly associated to the sutures of the proximal injuries of the cubital nerve as a temporary palliative.
PY - 1979 SP - 87 EP - 90 T2 - Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial TI - [Paralysis of the opposition of the thumb in leprosy: value of the transplantation of the extensor indicis (author's transl)]. VL - 39 SN - 0025-682X ER -