Nerve allotransplantation following severe tibial nerve injury. Case report.
The successful recovery of sensibility across a long peripheral nerve allograft in a 12-year-old boy who sustained a severe posterior tibial nerve injury is reported. The historical clinical experience with nerve allotransplantation is also reviewed. It is concluded that in the carefully selected patient with severe nerve injury, consideration for nerve allotransplantation can be given.
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Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
D002648:Child; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008297:Male; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000637:transplantation*; D013979:Tibial Nerve / Q000187:drug effects / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D016572:Cyclosporine