Abstract
Restoration of elbow flexion in paralytic disorders is a most important problem.Three cases of poliomyelitis and seven cases of brachial plexus injury in which muscle transplantations had been performed to restore elbow flexion have been reviewed.The average follow-up period was five and a half years.The results were graded by active range of motion, muscle power and Mayer & Green's criteria.The results of seven cases of Steindler's operation are excellent and good except for one case.The mean of flexion contracture is thirty degrees and active flexion is one hundred twenty-five degrees.The results of two cases of Clark's operation are excellent and good.The result of one case of sternocleidomastoid transplantation is poor.
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