title: [Review and clinical application of end-to-side anastomosis of peripheral nerve].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the methods of end-to-side anastomosis in repair of peripheral nerve injury and to analyze the difficulty faced.
  
  
  METHODS
  By index of recent literature, the kind of experimental model, observation criteria and the clinical data were collected and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For different methods of end-to-side anastomosis in repair of peripheral nerve defect, the clinical outcomes were reported differently. The clinical application was fewer. There was lack of case summary and assessment criteria.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The superiority of end-to-side anastomosis made it necessary to further study the mechanism and improvement of quality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Shangdong Provincial Hospital, Jinan, Shangdong, P. R. China 250021.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yong-xiang
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000601:surgery*; D011786:Quality Control; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000601:surgery