Before revision: +Radial nerve palsy transferDonorRecipientFunctionProtetor teresExtensor carpi radialis brevisWrist extensionPalmaris longusAbductor pollicis longusThumb abductionFlexor digitorum superficialis (little finger)Extensor pollicis longusThumb extensionFlexor digitorum superficialis (ring finger)Extensor digitorumFinger extension History Many of the lower extremity tendon transfers were performed during the nineteenth century to improve ambulation in polio patients due to post-poliomyelitis paralysis.
After revision: +Common peroneal nerve transferDonorRecipientFunctionTibialis posteriorTibialis anteriorDorsiflexion of footFlexor digitorum longusExtensor digitorum longus and extensor hallucis longusDigit extension and big toe extension+Radial nerve palsy transferDonorRecipientFunctionProtetor teresExtensor carpi radialis brevisWrist extensionPalmaris longusAbductor pollicis longusThumb abductionFlexor digitorum superficialis (little finger)Extensor pollicis longusThumb extensionFlexor digitorum superficialis (ring finger)Extensor digitorumFinger extension History Many of the lower extremity tendon transfers were performed during the nineteenth century to improve ambulation in polio patients due to post-poliomyelitis paralysis.