Nerve transfers: indications, techniques, and outcomes.
This article provides an update of the current strategies of motor and sensory nerve transfers for peripheral nerve lesions of the upper extremity. Indications, techniques, and outcomes are summarized for both well-established transfers used in the management of proximal and brachial plexus injuries as well as those more recently developed for more distal and isolated nerve injuries in the forearm and hand.
Tung
Thomas H
TH
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. tungt@wustl.edu
Mackinnon
Susan E
SE
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016067:Nerve Transfer / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000294:innervation* / Q000601:surgery*