At operation, the insertion of the adductor pollicis muscle was incised, and a tendon transfer operation was performed to aid opposition of the right thumb. To accomplish this the slips of the ...

Surgery to replace your thumb joint could involve a tendon transfer or an artificial replacement. There are also newer techniques that use a wire or suture as a sling to support your thumb.

Techniques for restoring thumb opposition ... sympathetic dystrophy. No transfer ruptures were noted at final follow-up. Current techniques used to address loss of opposition require more than ...

Irreparable FPL lacerations may be treated with a flexor digitorum superficialis tendon transfer to achieve interphalangeal flexion of the thumb. 2 ...

Although researchers from Japan found that overall 52.3% of patients who underwent release for carpal tunnel syndrome recovered thumb opposition, this recovery was unpredictable in patients older ...

Depending on the extent of the spinal cord injury, tendon transfers can enable a patient to grasp objects, open the hand, pinch the thumb and straighten the elbow. In a tendon transfer ...