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From: Functioning transferred free muscle innervated by part of the vascularized ulnar nerve connecting the contralateral cervical seventh root to themedian nerve: Case report

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Scheme of the operative procedures of this case. Left third to fifth intercostal nerves () were transferred to the left musculocutaneous nerve () and the left accessory nerve () was connected to the ipsilateral suprascapular nerve (). These procedures had been done previously in another hospital. The left ulnar nerve (), vascularized by the superior ulnar collateral vessels and ulnar vessels, was transplanted between the right seventh cervical nerve root (CC7) and left median nerve () (the first stage of the surgery). A vascularized gracilis muscle (G) was harvested from the right thigh and transplanted to the left arm. The muscle, innervated by part of the vascularized ulnar nerve () and nourished by the transverse cervical vessels, was connected to the clavicle and the extensor carpi radialis brevis tendon () (the second stage of the surgery). , anterior branch of the obturator nerve; B. biceps brachii muscle; BR, brachioradialis muscle.

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