Use of the anterior branch of the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve as a graft for the repair of defects of the digital nerve.
Using the anterior branch of the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve, grafting was performed on twenty-one digital nerves. The goal of the procedure was to repair a traumatic defect of greater than one centimeter in the digital nerves of fourteen patients. The patients were followed for twenty-four to eighty-nine months (average, fifty-seven months). All but one nerve graft restored the ability to distinguish between sharp and dull stimuli, and all but three restored two-point discrimination of between five and fifteen millimeters (average, nine millimeters). No painful neuromas developed at the donor site.
Nunley
J A
JA
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham.
Ugino
M R
MR
Goldner
R D
RD
Regan
N
N
Urbaniak
J R
JR
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000294:innervation*; D005542:Forearm / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000637:transplantation*; D012677:Sensation; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation