title: Nerve sharing by an interpositional sural nerve graft between the great auricular and inferior alveolar nerve to restore lower lip sensation.
abstract: A case of bilateral nerve sharing via an autogenous sural nerve graft interposed between the ipsilateral great auricular nerve and the inferior alveolar nerve was used to restore sensation to the lower lip. To our knowledge this is the first report of successful nerve sharing between a sensory branch of the cervical plexus and the inferior alveolar nerve.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: LaBanc
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Epker
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Milam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002572:Cervical Plexus / Q000601:surgery*; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000294:innervation*; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000601:surgery; D008334:Mandible / Q000294:innervation* / Q000601:surgery; D008340:Mandibular Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D012677:Sensation; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000637:transplantation*; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000637:transplantation*