La chirurgie fonctionnelle du ou des membres supérieurs chez la personne tétraplégique

Upper limb functional surgery has been endorsed by over 40 years of clinical experience and practice (Ann Readapt Med Phys 46 (2003) 144–55). The procedures are standardized and the techniques mastered. The physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) teams that focus on rehabilitation of tetraplegics with upper limb surgery are aware that this clinical experience is built on communication between the surgeon and the PM&R teams and that post-surgical care is critical and key to the best possible functional outcome. This text aims to introduce a special edition of La lettre de MPR (the PM&R letter) dedicated to this subject, which will be published in the coming months.