en تخصصي Special مقالات اصيل Original Article BACKGROUND Lesions in peripheral nerves are highly prevalent in the upper extremity. The present study compares different tendon transfer surgeries in patients with radial nerve palsy. METHODS Fifty patients with radial nerve palsy were randomly selected among patients who referred to Tehran 15th Khordad Hospital during 2006-2011. They were divided into two groups of 17 and 33 subjects. Single tendon transfer surgery was performed on 33 and ternary tendon transfer surgery on 17 patients and were compared. RESULTS No significant difference was noticed in the range of motion of metacarpophalangeal joint, proximal interphalangeal joint and distal interphalangeal joint joints between the two groups. There was also no significant difference in the results of single tendon and ternary tendon transfer surgeries between the two groups. There was no need to sacrifice three tendons in tendon transfer surgeries on patients with radial nerve palsy. CONCLUSION Single tendon transfer surgery may help establishing a finger extension while indicates to its considerable advantages of surgical simplicity, shorter surgery time, less complications and surgery scars. Tendon transfer; Radial nerve palsy; Flexor carpi ulnaris; Flexor carpi radialis; Palmaris longus; Pronator teres 47 51 http://wjps.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-34&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Masoud Yavari 1003194753284600481 1003194753284600481 No Department of Hand Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Hossein Ali Abdolrazaghi 1003194753284600482 1003194753284600482 No Department of Hand Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Azadeh Riahi azade.riyahi@gmail.com 1003194753284600483 1003194753284600483 Yes Department of Occupational Therapy, 15th Khordad Hospital, Tehran, Iran