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Forty-one patients with cerebral palsy and pronation contracture of the forearm were
treated with pronator teres rerouting compared with 16 patients who were treated with
pronator teres tenotomy. The mean age of patients with pronator tenotomy was 4 years
3 months compared with 7 years 3 months for patients with rerouting. Follow-up averaged
94 months for tenotomy and 21 months for rerouting. Average gain in supination was
78 degrees for rerouting and 54 degrees for tenotomy. No patient lost active range
of motion during follow-up. Although pronator teres tenotomy increased active supination
of the forearm, greater active supination of the forearm was afforded patients treated
with pronator teres rerouting.
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Publication history
Accepted:
November 3,
1987
Received:
April 6,
1987
Footnotes
*No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of the article.
**We thank Debbie Seyer, OTR, for her contribution to this study, and Deanne Rickert for typing the manuscript.
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© 1988 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
