Shoulder fusion and free-functioning gra
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Tarek Abdalla El-Gammal; Amr El-Sayed; Mohammed M. Kotb
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Six children between 7-16 years of age presented with flail shoulder and elbow caused by poliomyelitis. Shoulder fusion was followed by free-functioning gracilis transplantation to replace the atrophied biceps muscle. The transplanted muscle was reinnervated by either the spinal accessory or phrenic