title: Neural repair for sensory restoration in a groin flap.
abstract: A preliminary study of the recovery of sensation in groin flaps, after suture of the lateral cutaneous branches of the twelfth thoracic nerve supplying the groin flap with those of the hand, is described. This appears to be a worthwhile procedure.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012677:Sensation; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013900:Thoracic Nerves / Q000637:transplantation*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous