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Tendon Transfer for Irreversible Radial Nerve Palsy, Does it Help?Retrospective Cohort From Level-1 Trauma Center.

NCT03936868 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 49

Last updated 2019-05-03

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Summary

Radial nerve palsy is associated with serious disability jeopardizing the grasp and power grip accountable to the loss of thumb and fingers extension and loss of active wrist extension respectively. There are three aims in the treatment of radial nerve palsy which comprise the restoration of thumb extension and abduction, finger extension and restoration of wrist extension. In this study we measured the functional outcome after tendon transfer for radial nerve palsy aimed to restore the wrist extension, finger extension and thumb extension/abduction. Investigators' objective was to assess the functional outcome after tendon transfer surgery for radial nerve palsy.

Conditions

  • Radial Palsy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Tendon transfer

flexor carpi radialis transfer in most of patients and boye-transfer in very few

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aga Khan University

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-01-01
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

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