Five Cases of Palmaris Lonqus Tendon Transfer (Camitz's Method) for Opponoplasty

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Five cases of palmaris longus tendon transfer (Camitz's method) for opponoplasy were presented. Our series were consisted of 4 cases of the carpal tunnel syndrome and 1 case of the press-injury. Our modified Camitz's method is that: the palmaris longus tendon may be lengthened by a distal strip of the palmar fascia and passed through the new pulley using the transverse carpal ligament and then transferred subcutaneously to the tendon of insersion of the abductor pollicis brevis for augmentation of the thumb elevation from the plam.Satisfactory results were obtained in the cases of the carpal tunnel syndrome with appropriate strength, excursion and direction of the thumb movement. But one case of press-injury was unsatisfactory. A indication of this operative method will be discussed in this paper.
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