Objective assessment of post-traumatic nerve repairs and neuromas.
The assessment of a nerve repair usually focuses on the level of sensory and motor recovery distal to the site of the repair. However, the development of a painful neuroma or nerve junction, particularly in a digit, can be just as disabling to the patient as an area of anaesthesia. An instrument has been developed to assess objectively the severity of neuroma formation at nerve-repair sites by measuring the threshold percussive force required to elicit a Tinel's sign using standard weights dropped from a uniform height in a tube.
Tucker
S C
SC
West Midlands Regional Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Wordsley Hospital, Stourbridge, UK.
Nancarrow
J D
JD
D003943:Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009463:Neuroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures