title: Sensory abnormalities after the seventh cervical nerve root transfer.
abstract: Twenty-four patients with root avulsion of brachial plexus were treated with the contralateral C7 root transfer. The area of sensory abnormalities was found on the thumb in 20 cases (83.33%), index finger in 14 cases (58.33%), middle finger in 8 cases (33.33%), ring finger in 3 cases (12.5%), little finger in 11 cases (45.83%), on the radial side of forearm in 9 cases (37.5%), thenar area in 12 cases (50%), and hypothenar area in 8 cases (33.33%). No patient had normal sensation after the seventh cervical root transfer. Sensory abnormalities disappeared within 3 months in all except one patient, who still had sensory abnormalities on the tip of index finger for more than 20 months after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery Unit, Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sungpet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Suphachatwong
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kawinwonggowit
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016067:Nerve Transfer; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000601:surgery*; D013933:Thumb / Q000294:innervation; D013997:Time Factors