title: Partial lacerations of median and ulnar nerves.
abstract: Twelve patients with sharp distal partial median and ulnar nerve lacerations were treated within 2 weeks of injury by end-to-end repair of the lacerated fascicular groups. After an average follow-up of 21 months, the results, based on the British Medical Research Council Rating Scale, were good: S = 3.81 and M = 4.0 (normal: S = 4.0 and M = 5.0). The function of the originally intact fascicular groups did not deteriorate. We suggest that nerve repair of partially lacerated fascicular groups is a reliable treatment method that results in good return of sensory and motor function and does not harm adjacent intact fascicular groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine 11794.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Hurst
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dowd
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Sampson
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Badalamente
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000293:injuries*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000293:injuries*; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000601:surgery*