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The objective was to evaluate if a robotically harvested rectus abdominis (RA) transplant is a feasible procedure to improve soft-tissue coverage at the residual limb (RL) and serve as a recipient for up to three nerves due to its unique architecture and to allow the generation of additional signals for advanced myoelectric prosthesis control. A transradial amputee with insufficient soft-tissue coverage and painful neuromas underwent the interventions and was observed for 18 months. RA muscle was harvested using robotic-assisted surgery and transplanted to the RL, followed by end-to-end neurroraphy to the recipient nerves of the three muscle segments to reanimate radial, median, and ulnar nerve function. The transplanted muscle healed with partial necrosis of the skin mesh graft. Twelve months later, reliable, and spatially well-defined Hoffmann\u2013Tinel signs were detectable at three segments of the RA muscle flap. No donor-site morbidities were present, and EMG activity could be detected in all three muscle segments. The linear discriminant analysis (LDA) classifier could reliably distinguish three classes within 1% error tolerance using only the three electrodes on the muscle transplant and up to five classes outside the muscle transplant. The combination of these surgical procedure advances with emerging (myo-)control technologies can easily be extended to different amputation levels to reduce RL complications and augment control sites with a limited surface area, thus facilitating the usability of advanced myoelectric prostheses.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina59122134","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,8]],"date-time":"2023-12-08T03:03:33Z","timestamp":1702004613000},"page":"2134","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Combining Surgical Innovations in Amputation Surgery\u2014Robotic Harvest of the Rectus Abdominis Muscle, Transplantation and Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Improves Myocontrol Capability and Pain in a Transradial Amputee"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"59","author":[{"given":"Jennifer","family":"Ernst","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center G\u00f6ttingen, 37075 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"},{"name":"Department of Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hanover, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Janne","family":"Hahne","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center G\u00f6ttingen, 37075 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marko","family":"Markovic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center G\u00f6ttingen, 37075 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7022-1069","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Arndt","family":"Schilling","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center G\u00f6ttingen, 37075 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lisa","family":"Lorbeer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hanover, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marian","family":"Grade","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Center G\u00f6ttingen, 37075 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0935-1208","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gunther","family":"Felmerer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center G\u00f6ttingen, 37075 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Jones, L.A., and Lederman, S.J. 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