title: Use of the anterior branch of the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve as a graft for the repair of defects of the digital nerve.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nunley
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ugino
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Goldner
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Regan
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Urbaniak
mesh_terms: 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