title: Gunshot injuries to the nerves.
abstract: The authors report their 10-year experience in the treatment of war injuries in the Gaza strip. Bullet injuries to nerves can be assessed using Sunderland's classification. Grade 4 and 5 lesions must be repaired in the same way as any traumatic nerve injuries. A detailed series of sciatic nerve repair is presented. In this series, 12 nerve gaps were repaired by direct nerve coaptation using 90° knee flexion for six weeks. The results of this technique at 1 to 4 years follow-up are better than to those of sciatic nerve grafting.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France. Christophe.oberlin@bch.aphp.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oberlin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rantissi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005121:Extremities / Q000294:innervation / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008877:Middle East; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000601:surgery*; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult