Tendon Transfer
"Tendon Transfer" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Surgical procedure by which a tendon is incised at its insertion and placed at an anatomical site distant from the original insertion. The tendon remains attached at the point of origin and takes over the function of a muscle inactivated by trauma or disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D013709
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.555.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Tendon Transfer- Tendon Transfer
- Tendon Transfers
- Transfer, Tendon
- Transfers, Tendon
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