nerve-transfers
A 30-year-old motorcyclist sustains a C5-C6 root avulsion in a brachial plexus injury. He has preserved hand function but no elbow flexion or shoulder abduction. The surgeon plans an Oberlin transfer. Which donor nerve fascicle is transferred to which recipient nerve?
Mark each as TRUE or FALSE
Median nerve fascicle to musculocutaneous nerve motor branch
Ulnar nerve fascicle (to FCU) to musculocutaneous nerve motor branch (to biceps)
Radial nerve fascicle to axillary nerve
Spinal accessory nerve to suprascapular nerve
Intercostal nerves to musculocutaneous nerve
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Click T (True) or F (False) for each option