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The treatment of focal dystonia of index finger of the hand with tendon transfer

Ahmet Adnan Karaarslan, Hakan Aycan, Tolga Karci, Erhan Sesli.


Abstract
Dystonia is a disorder of motion; accompanied by unintentional muscle spasms leading to repetitive movements and/or aberrant posture that appears during a specific activity. Examples of focal task-specific dystonia (TSD) are “writer’s cramp” and “musician’s dystonia”, and it specifically involves the hand. A 54-year-old male presented with a complaint that the index finger of his right hand moved repetitively that scratched the wrist and palm when he shook hands. He could not find a solution to his problem through non-surgical treatment options. Based on the fact that the problem was limited to the index finger, non-progressive (stable) and refractory to non-surgical treatment, it was attempted to treat the patient with a tendon transfer as a last option. A case of focal TSD of the right index finger treated with tenotomy and tendon transfer is presented here.

Key words: Dystonia, focal dystonia, task specific dystonia, treatment, tendon transfer


 
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Karaarslan AA, Aycan H, Karci T, Sesli E. The treatment of focal dystonia of index finger of the hand with tendon transfer. Hand Microsurg. 2016; 5(2): 104-106. doi:10.5455/handmicrosurg.198834

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Karaarslan AA, Aycan H, Karci T, Sesli E. The treatment of focal dystonia of index finger of the hand with tendon transfer. https://handmicrosurgeryjournal.com/?mno=198834 [Access: June 26, 2026]. doi:10.5455/handmicrosurg.198834

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Karaarslan AA, Aycan H, Karci T, Sesli E. The treatment of focal dystonia of index finger of the hand with tendon transfer. Hand Microsurg. 2016; 5(2): 104-106. doi:10.5455/handmicrosurg.198834


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Karaarslan AA, Aycan H, Karci T, Sesli E. The treatment of focal dystonia of index finger of the hand with tendon transfer. Hand Microsurg. (2016), [cited June 26, 2026]; 5(2): 104-106. doi:10.5455/handmicrosurg.198834


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Karaarslan, A. A., Aycan, . H., Karci, . T. & Sesli, . E. (2016) The treatment of focal dystonia of index finger of the hand with tendon transfer. Hand Microsurg, 5 (2), 104-106. doi:10.5455/handmicrosurg.198834


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Karaarslan, Ahmet Adnan, Hakan Aycan, Tolga Karci, and Erhan Sesli. 2016. The treatment of focal dystonia of index finger of the hand with tendon transfer. Hand and Microsurgery, 5 (2), 104-106. doi:10.5455/handmicrosurg.198834


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Karaarslan, Ahmet Adnan, Hakan Aycan, Tolga Karci, and Erhan Sesli. "The treatment of focal dystonia of index finger of the hand with tendon transfer." Hand and Microsurgery 5 (2016), 104-106. doi:10.5455/handmicrosurg.198834


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Karaarslan, Ahmet Adnan, Hakan Aycan, Tolga Karci, and Erhan Sesli. "The treatment of focal dystonia of index finger of the hand with tendon transfer." Hand and Microsurgery 5.2 (2016), 104-106. Print. doi:10.5455/handmicrosurg.198834


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Karaarslan, A. A., Aycan, . H., Karci, . T. & Sesli, . E. (2016) The treatment of focal dystonia of index finger of the hand with tendon transfer. Hand and Microsurgery, 5 (2), 104-106. doi:10.5455/handmicrosurg.198834




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