A clinical application of artery-including silicone tubing to peripheral nerve defect.
7 cases of 11 peripheral nerve defects (5 median nerves, 5 ulnar nerves, and 1 radial nerve) were repaired through artery-including silicone tubing. The nerves have gaps within 3 cm in 9, and 3 to 5 cm in 2. Repairing the defect's location, 4 of them were below the axilla; 1 at the upper 1/3 part of the forearm and 6 at the lower part of the forearm. The duration of injuries was from 4 to 7 months, except one case lasting over a year. Six patients with 9 nerves involved had adequate follow-up of 6 to 9 months. One patient with 2 nerves was lost to follow-up. The results were excellent in 5 nerves (M4S3), good in 2 (M3S3), and poor in 2 (M1S1).
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Orthopedics Department, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*
D012826:Silicone Elastomers