METHOD OF TREATING CONGENITAL RADIAL CLUBHAND

摘要

FIELD: medicine.SUBSTANCE: method of treating congenital radial clubhand involves hand alignment and shortening of a wrist extensor tendon. The wrist extensor tendon is shortened by splitting it in half from an attachment point to a postulnar bone throughout 4 cm. With keeping it attached to the postulnar bone, one half is dissected away in its proximal portion to prepare a pedicle autograft. The pedicle autograft is brought about the remained portion of the split wrist extensor tendon; it covers the wrist extensor, is pulled to the extensor and sutured thereto.EFFECT: higher clinical effectiveness.11 dwg