title: Immediate nerve grafts to a median nerve injury in a 7-year-old boy: 5-year follow-up.
abstract: Immediate nerve grafts to traumatic injuries can achieve functional results in selected cases. This report describes 5 cm nerve grafts placed in a median nerve injury ofa 7-year-old boy. Five years later, the patient has a functional motor and sensory outcome.
authors.affiliation: JMS Burn and Reconstruction Center, Jackson, MS 39204, USA. william.lineaweaver@jmsburncenters.com
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lineaweaver
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000637:transplantation*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D017535:Ulnar Artery / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D014654:Vascular Patency; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery