NERVE TRANSFER TO BICEPS MUSCLE USING A PART OF ULNAR NERVE FOR C5-C6AVULSION OF THE BRACHIAL-PLEXUS - ANATOMICAL STUDY AND REPORT OF 4 CASES

Four patients with C5-C6 root avulsion after brachial plexus injury we re treated with a transfer of part of a normal functioning nerve in th e arm to the motor nerve of the biceps. Ten percent of the bulk of the ulnar nerve was harvested for a suture directly to the motor nerve of the biceps with no significant impairment of hand function.