Functional Transfer of Pronator Quadratus Free Flap for Thenar Muscle Loss

W. P. Andrew Lee; Richard S. Idler

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1006457

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J Reconstr Microsurg 1996; 12(2): 77-80
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1006457

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Functional Transfer of Pronator Quadratus Free Flap for Thenar Muscle Loss

W. P. Andrew Lee, Richard S. Idler

Division of Plastic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine and the Indiana Hand Center, Indianapolis, Indiana

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Accepted for publication 1995

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08. März 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

A case of functional replacement for traumatic thenar muscle loss using an innervated pronator quadratus free flap is reported. The pronator quadratus matched the damaged thenar muscle in size and excursion and provided satisfactory thumb opposition in long-term follow-up.