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Online Published: 25 Aug 2016
 


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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Ahmet Adnan Karaarslan, Hakan Aycan, Tolga Karci, Erhan Sesli. 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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Ahmet Adnan Karaarslan, Hakan Aycan, Tolga Karci, Erhan Sesli. The treatment of focal dystonia of index finger of the hand with tendon transfer. https://handmicrosurgeryjournal.com/?mno=198834 [Access: September 12, 2024]. doi:10.5455/handmicrosurg.198834


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Ahmet Adnan Karaarslan, Hakan Aycan, Tolga Karci, Erhan Sesli. 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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Ahmet Adnan Karaarslan, Hakan Aycan, Tolga Karci, Erhan Sesli. The treatment of focal dystonia of index finger of the hand with tendon transfer. Hand Microsurg. (2016), [cited September 12, 2024]; 5(2): 104-106. doi:10.5455/handmicrosurg.198834



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



Chicago Style

Ahmet Adnan Karaarslan, Hakan Aycan, Tolga Karci, 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



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Ahmet Adnan Karaarslan, Hakan Aycan, Tolga Karci, 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



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Ahmet Adnan Karaarslan, Hakan Aycan, Tolga Karci, 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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