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The Krukenberg procedure separates the bony remnants of the forearm into a makeshift pincer. The procedure involves separating the ulna and radius for below-elbow amputations, and in cases of congenital absence of the hand, to provide a pincerlike grasp that is motored by the pronator teres muscle.
trans-radial amputation, commonly referred to as below-elbow or forearm amputation; elbow disarticulation; trans-humeral amputation, commonly referred to as above-elbow amputation; shoulder disarticulation; forequarter amputation; A variant of the trans-radial amputation is the Krukenberg procedure in which the radius and ulna are used to ...
Targeted reinnervation has an efferent and an afferent component. Targeted muscle reinnervation is a method by which a spare muscle (the target muscle) of an amputated patient is denervated (its original nerves cut and/or de-activated), then reinnervated with residual nerves of the amputated limb. [1]
Army veteran Eric Lund, who became the first patient in the U.S. to undergo a double above-the-elbow arm transplant, is now regaining movement in his elbows and fingers.
Upper-extremity prostheses are used at varying levels of amputation: forequarter, shoulder disarticulation, transhumeral prosthesis, elbow disarticulation, transradial prosthesis, wrist disarticulation, full hand, partial hand, finger, partial finger. A transradial prosthesis is an artificial limb that replaces an arm missing below the elbow.
Hand transplantation, or simply a hand transplant, is a surgical procedure to transplant a hand from one human to another. The donor hand, usually from a brain-dead donor, is transplanted to a recipient amputee. Most hand transplants to date have been performed on below-elbow amputees, although above-elbow transplants are gaining popularity.
There are a number of different types of amputations that describe the location of the amputation. A transhumeral amputation is an above the elbow amputation. It is sometimes referred to as AE. A transradial amputation is a below the elbow amputation. A transfemoral amputation is an above the knee amputation, and is sometimes referred to as AK.
Update, 3/9/24: Nelson Thomas underwent surgery to amputate his foot on Tuesday, March 5. The Challenge alum shared post-surgery photos via a slideshow on TikTok days after the procedure, writing ...