{"title":"Median nerve palsy presenting as absent elbow flexion: a result of a ruptured pectoralis major to biceps tendon transfer.","authors":"R J Spinner, J A Nunley, R E Lins, R D Goldner","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We describe a patient with a preexisting posttraumatic brachial plexopathy who had a complete high median nerve palsy due to rupture of the pectoralis major to biceps transfer near its distal insertion at the elbow region.</p>","PeriodicalId":79349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association","volume":"8 2","pages":"105-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We describe a patient with a preexisting posttraumatic brachial plexopathy who had a complete high median nerve palsy due to rupture of the pectoralis major to biceps transfer near its distal insertion at the elbow region.