title: Portion of a nerve trunk can be used as a donor nerve to reconstruct the injured nerve and donor site simultaneously.
abstract: This study aims to estimate the effects of using a portion of a nerve trunk to repair itself and the injured nerve simultaneously. Proximal 1/2 median nerve served as donor nerve to repair the distal 1/2 median and whole ulnar nerve. Four months postoperation, the number of myelinated axons and nerve conduction velocities of the distal half median and ulnar nerve were (2033 ± 135 and 24.6 ± 5.3 m/s) and (1138 ± 228 and 30.3 ± 7.2 m/s). It suggests that using a portion of a nearby nerve truck to reconstruct itself and the injured nerve simultaneously is a practical method for severe peripheral nerve injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing , China.
authors.forename: Xiao Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Yu Hui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kou
authors.forename: Yan Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Peixun
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hong Bo
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bao Guo
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology*; D002686:Chitin / Q000378:metabolism; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000502:physiology; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000502:physiology*; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology*; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011817:Rabbits; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D002686:Chitin