A case report of surgical treatment of traumatic drop hand by quadruple tendons transfer.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Drop hand is the case of inability to dorsiflexion of the hand and fingers according to radial nerve palsy (complete syndrome) or PIN (Posterior Interosseous Nerve) palsy (partial syndrome). Therefore, the patient loses part of the normal function of his/her hand causing life problems especially if it is the dominant hand. Tendon transfer is the main surgical treatment.

Case report

We present a case of a young male who sustained multiple traumatic war injuries especially in the left upper limb; open humerus fracture, open ulna fracture, open radius fracture with a clear drop hand syndrome. After quadruple tendons transfer, he got a very good result especially in thumb movements with good ROM (Range Of Motions) in the wrist.

Discussion

Since it is difficul

SUBMITTER: Noufal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8914213 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature