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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2306-4102</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta ortopédica mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta ortop. mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2306-4102</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Ortopedia y Traumatología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2306-41022016000600326</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Transferencia de la cabeza larga del tríceps para la flexión del codo en secuela de lesiones del plexo braquial]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Transfer of the long head of triceps for elbow flexion in braquial plexus sequelae]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vergara-Amador]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vela-Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>30</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>326</fpage>
<lpage>328</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2306-41022016000600326&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2306-41022016000600326&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2306-41022016000600326&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La anatomía neurovascular independiente de la cabeza larga del tríceps braquial y su idoneidad como un colgajo muscular libre han sido ampliamente estudiadas. En cambio, la trasposición de esta porción del tríceps para mejorar la flexión de codo ha sido descrita pocas veces. Se describen en este artículo dos casos de secuela de lesión del plexo braquial, en los que se realizó trasposición únicamente de la cabeza larga del tríceps. Se logró mejorar la flexión del codo y se conservó la extensión del mismo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The independent neurovascular anatomy of the long head of the triceps brachii and its suitability as a free muscle transfer have been extensively studied. Instead muscle transposition of the long head of the triceps brachii to enhance elbow flexion has been rarely described. We describe in this paper two cases of injury of brachial plexus sequel in which transposition was performed only on the long head of the triceps. The elbow flexion was improved, the extension was preserved.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Anatomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[codo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[transferencia tendinosa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tríceps]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[lesión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Anatomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[elbow]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[tendon transfer]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[triceps]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[lesion]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
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