End-to-side nerve repair. A review.
In recent years, there has been a resurgence of end-to-side peripheral nerve repair. This technique offers a management of a peripheral nerve defect in the absence of a suitable proximal stump. Although numerous animal laboratory investigations demonstrate motor and sensory functional recovery without deleterious effects to the donor nerve, clinical outcomes are yet to be determined.
Rowan
P R
PR
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Chen
L E
LE
Urbaniak
J R
JR
D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D010543:Peroneal Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012583:Schwann Cells / Q000473:pathology; D014855:Wallerian Degeneration / Q000473:pathology