Redefining the Inclusion Criteria for Successful Steindler Flexorplasty Based on the Outcomes of a Case Series in Eight Patients

Alexander A. Gatskiy; Ihor B. Tretyak; Jörg Bahm; Vitaliy I. Tsymbaliuk; Yaroslav V. Tsymbaliuk

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1767672

Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury (Jan 2023)

Redefining the Inclusion Criteria for Successful Steindler Flexorplasty Based on the Outcomes of a Case Series in Eight Patients

Alexander A. Gatskiy,
Ihor B. Tretyak,
Jörg Bahm,
Vitaliy I. Tsymbaliuk,
Yaroslav V. Tsymbaliuk

Affiliations

Alexander A. Gatskiy: ORCiD; Restorative Neurosurgery Department, Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
Ihor B. Tretyak: Restorative Neurosurgery Department, Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
Jörg Bahm: Klinik für Plastische Chirurgie, Hand- und Verbrennungschirurgie, Sektion Plexuschirurgie in der Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland
Vitaliy I. Tsymbaliuk: National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Yaroslav V. Tsymbaliuk: Group of Chronic Pain Treatment, Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1767672
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 01
pp. e32 – e41

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Background (rationale) Steindler flexorplasty (SF) is aimed at restoring independent elbow flexion in the late stages of dysfunction of the primary elbow flexors. Selection criteria for successful SF have been defined.

Published in Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury

ISSN: 1749-7221 (Online)
Publisher: Georg Thieme Verlag KG
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery: Orthopedic surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00027212

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