Tendon Transfers & Opponensplasty

Chapter 16 of Volume 1, Hand & Upper Limb. Revision notes and examiner-style viva questions with model answers for the FRCS (Plast).

10 viva questions in this chapter

1. What is a tendon transfer?
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2. What are the principles?
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3. How would you assess her?
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4. She has a fixed first web contracture. What do you do about it?
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5. What are the options, and which would you choose?
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6. Take me through your Bunnell opponensplasty.
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7. What if this were a high median nerve palsy?
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8. This is a child with a hypoplastic thumb. Does that change things?
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9. What happens after the operation?
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10. Is your transfer better than the alternatives?
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