What Is A Tendon Transfer?
Tendon transfers are often used to restore movement in limbs. In this procedure a muscle that the patient still has control of but that performs a non-critical function is repositioned to perform a critical but missing function.After this procedure is performed there is a period of immobilization where the limb is placed in a splint followed by early physical therapy. The recovered movement is available almost immediately, but the limb must be treated with care for at least 6 weeks following the operation. This procedure can be performed late after the nerve injury if a local transferrable muscle is available.
Your Paralysis Specialist will use functioning muscles that are close to the target muscle, and these muscles are transferred or connected to the tendon of a muscle that no longer functions. The muscle that has been transferred now supplies that function.
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1. It restores function even long after the window for nerve regeneration has passed.
2. These are time tested procedures and we have decades of experience with them.
3. The functional recovery accomplished is almost immediate.
4. There are certain functions for which a tendon transfer may be more effective than a nerve transfer.
If we determine that a tendon transfer is the best option for you, you’ll undergo examination at the Paralysis Center to determine which muscles are the best candidates for a transfer. The Paralysis Center’s surgeons select procedures, such as nerve decompressions, nerve grafts, nerve transfers, or tendon transfers based on your condition and which technique or techniques offers you the best chance of recovery.
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I just recovered the ability to dress myself – that was a big thing! I can get my own shirt on, can get my hands above my head – that was huge for me, and really changed my whole outlook.Davis – Patient
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