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14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT)

17.06. - 21.06.2019, Berlin

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Single incision for tendon transfer in Radial Nerve Palsy

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  • presenting/speaker Govindasamy Balakrishnan - Right Hospitals, Chennai, India

International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand. International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy. 14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT). Berlin, 17.-21.06.2019. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2020. DocIFSSH19-351

doi: 10.3205/19ifssh0299, urn:nbn:de:0183-19ifssh02992

Published: February 6, 2020

© 2020 Balakrishnan.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Objectives/Interrogation: One of the drawbacks of the tendon transfer surgery for radial nerve palsy is the resultant multiple scars of the forearm. To overcome this problem we have adopted a single incision technique by harvesting all the tendons and performing the tendon transfers.

Methods: This improves the aesthetic outcome of the tendon transfer surgery. The functional results of the tendon transfer surgery are not compromised by the single incision. The patients were satisfied with the end results of our modification.

Results and Conclusions: We are describing the planning and execution of the tendon transfer surgery using our modified technique and presenting our results of the procedure.