posted 5/29/07 in Nerve Palsy
Brachial plexus injury to the C-8, T-1 nerve roots and lower trunk can have devastating impact on hand function. Finger flexion, fine coordination, and motion of the thumd are potentially lost. Though few options exist to restore functional use, the wrist ECRL extensor tendon can be transferred to the finger...
posted 4/25/07 in Nerve Palsy
If the ulnar nerve is cut, chronically injured, or repaired after being severed--but with incomplete recovery--numbness in the small and ring finger, clumsiness in the hand, grip and pinch weakness, claw deformity,flattening of the palm, and asynchronous digital flexion may result.If the median nerve is injured as well, the thumb...
posted 4/24/07 in Nerve Palsy
When the median nerve is injured either secondary to a chronic severe case of carpal tunnel syndrome, or after a median nerve laceration, sensation will be absent in the thumb, index, long, and half of the ring finger. This deficit can be disabling, but visual queueing with activities can help...
posted 4/24/07 in Nerve Palsy
The radial nerve innervates muscles that extend the wrist, straighten the fingers and allow the thumb to extend. When an injury to this nerve is untreatable, these functions can be restored by time-honored, reliable tendon transfers. Use of donor muscle-tendon units from the same arm does not result in any...
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