• Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,the Fifth Affiliated Hospital Of Guangxi Medical University, Liuzhou Guangxi, 545001, P. R.China;
Radial nerve; Injury; Functional reconstruction
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Objective To evaluate the effect of tendon transfer on reconstructing the extension of wrist, thumb and digit after irreversible radial nerve injury. Methods From January 1987 to February 2005, 25 cases of irreversible radial nerve injury were treated with Riordan tendon transfer. Among them there were 19 cases of central radial nerve injury with wrist ,thumb and digit extension dysfunction and 6 cases of deep branch of radial nerve injury with digit and thumbextension dysfunction. The muscle strength of wrist and digit extension ranged from grade 0 to grade Ⅰ. Tendon transfer was done 4 months to 8 years after their injuries. Results Twenty-three cases were followed up for3 to 60 months. According to the standard established by Chen Desong, 19 cases (82.6%) showed excellent and good results. Fair result was showed in 2 cases and poor result was showed in 2 cases. Conclusion Riordan tendon transfer should be the first choice of treating irreversible radial nerve injury.

Citation： LI Long,LI Bing,JIANG Jian,et al.. FUNCTIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF HANDS WITH IRREVERSIBLE RADIAL NERVE INJURY. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2005, 19(11): 897-898. doi: Copy