• Natasha van Zyl, Jodie B Hahn, Catherine A Cooper, Michael D Weymouth, Stephen J Flood, and Mary P Galea.
• Victorian Spinal Cord Service, Austin Health, Heidelberg; Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: info@natashavanzyl.com.au.
• J Hand Surg Am. 2014 Sep 1;39(9):1779-83.

AbstractRestoration of elbow extension, grasp, key pinch, and release are major goals in low-level tetraplegia. Traditionally, these functions are achieved using tendon transfers. In this case these goals were achieved using nerve transfers. We present a 21-year-old man with a C6 level of tetraplegia. The left upper limb was treated 6 months after injury with a triple nerve transfer. A teres minor nerve branch to long head of triceps nerve branch, brachialis nerve branch to anterior interosseous nerve, and supinator nerve branch to posterior interosseous nerve transfer were used successfully to reconstruct elbow extension, key pinch, grasp, and release simultaneously.Copyright © 2014 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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