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Radial nerve palsy
  • L C Bainbridge
  • Hand Surgeon
  • Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
  • UK


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History
  • Sir Robert Jones
    • 1916
      • PT → ECRL and B
      • FCU → EDC III – V
      • FCR → EIP, EDC II, EPL
    • 1921
      • PT → ECRL and B
      • FCU → EDC III – V
      • FCR V EIP, EDC II, EPL, EPB and APL
  • Zachary 1946 showed the problems of unstabilised wrist
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Wrist
  • PT → Wrist Extension is fairly accepted
  • Force 1.2kg adequate and excursion of 5cm greater than ECRL or B
  • However transfer to
    • ECRL → radial deviation
    • ECRB → some deviation √
    • ECU → Small moment arm
    • Combination √
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Fingers
  • FCU, FCR, one or more finger flexors
  • FCU strength 2Kg √
  • Exc 3.3cm (4-5 for ECR) √
  • FCR even worse
  • FCU important for hand function?
  • Boyes suggested FCR → APL and FDS IV → EPL and EIP, and FDS III → EDC
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Thumb
  • 2 columns diverging in axes and course
  • Same for EDC and EPL X
  • Scuderi’s technique of rerouting EPL radial to Listers tubercle. ?
    • Loses retroposition
    • Loses active wrist tenodesis
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Standard set of Transfers
  • PT → ECRB (Rerouted ECRL)
  • FCU → EDC and EIP
  • PL → EPL (rerouted)
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Incisions
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Elevating FCU
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Pronator Teres
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ECRL and B
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FCU transfer
  • Split FCU into 2 strips
  • Resect 4-5cm of distal muscle
  • Wrist in 40º of extension and fingers in full extension
  • Resect proximal EDC
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PL transfer
  • Scuderi suggested bringing EPL radial to Listers tubercle outside dorsal retinaculum
  • Better to reroute through 1st or 2nd compartment
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PT Transfer
  • Wrist in 40º of extension
  • PT in full tension
  • Woven through both ECRB and ECRL just distal to musculotendinous junction
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Heavy manual worker
  • Maintain FCU
  • Use FDS IV → EDC II-V
  • FCR → EIP and EPL
  • PT → ECRB,L
  • (PL → APL, EPB)