Transfer of the long head of triceps for elbow flexion in braquial plexus sequelae

E Vergara-Amador; F Vela-Rodríguez

2016, Number 6

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Acta Ortop Mex 2016; 30 (6)

Transfer of the long head of triceps for elbow flexion in braquial plexus sequelae

Vergara-Amador E, Vela-Rodríguez F

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Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

The independent neurovascular anatomy of the long head of the triceps brachii and its suitability as a free muscle transfer have been extensively studied. Instead muscle transposition of the long head of the triceps brachii to enhance elbow flexion has been rarely described. We describe in this paper two cases of injury of brachial plexus sequel in which transposition was performed only on the long head of the triceps. The elbow flexion was improved, the extension was preserved.

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