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Pioneer work in muscle transplantation was carried out by Tamai, Kubo, Harii and Ikuta [1–4]. The first use of the rectus femoris muscle in a human was performed May 20, 1976, in a 49 year old man whose flexor aspect of the forearm was severely injured in an industrial accident. Prior reconstructive steps included initial debridement and coverage with a pedicle skin flap; with later sural nerve grafting to reconstruct the median and ulnar nerves.
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Schenck, R.R. (1981). Transplantation of the Rectus femoris Muscle. In: Freilinger, G., Holle, J., Carlson, B.M. (eds) Muscle Transplantation. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8618-3_29
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