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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
Partial median-nerve injury high in the upper extremity, resulting from brachial plexus neuritis or trauma, can affect the pronator teres muscle and result in the inability to pronate the forearm. A nerve transfer from an ulnar nerve-innervated branch to the flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU) muscle to the branch to the pronator teres (PT) is an attractive option in this clinical scenario. This study, a histomorphometric analysis of nine cadaver specimens harvested at the proposed FCU branch to PT branch transfer site, demonstrates sufficient similarities between the two branches in total number of nerve fibers (371.6 with SEM 35.1, and 361.9 with SEM 47.1; p = 0.87) and nerve cross-sectional area (122,181 microm2 with SEM 14,546 microm2, and 142,492 microm2 with SEM 19,633 microm2; p = 0.42), to predict a functional transfer result. In addition, clinical application of this transfer resulted in functional pronation strength of M4+.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0743-684X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
119-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Anatomy, Cross-Sectional, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Axons, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Cadaver, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Forearm, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Forecasting, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Median Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Muscle Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Nerve Fibers, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Nerve Transfer, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Pronation, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Ulnar Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:10088923-Wrist
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Transfer of flexor carpi ulnaris branch of the ulnar nerve to the pronator teres nerve: histomorphometric analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study