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TRANSPOSITION OF LATISSIMUS DORSI FOR PARALYSIS OF TRICEPS BRACHII

Report of a Case

G. T. du Toit 1; and S. J. Levy 1

1 Chamber of Mines Hospital, Johannesburg

1 . A case is described in which complete transposition of the latissimus dorsi muscle with its neurovascular pedicle was performed to compensate for complete paralysis of the triceps and partial paralysis of the posterior part of the deltoid muscle.

2. Muscle necrosis did not occur to any significant degree.

3. Strong substitute triceps function was achieved.
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