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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Orthopedic Procedures > Tendon Transfer
Therapeutics > Orthopedic Procedures > Tendon Transfer

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Tendon Transfer  

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Scope note

  • Surgical procedure by which a tendon is incised at its insertion and placed at an anatomical site distant from the original insertion. The tendon remains attached at the point of origin and takes over the function of a muscle inactivated by trauma or disease.

History note

  • 73(69)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013709

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