title: Direct nerve suture and knee immobilization in 90° flexion as a technique for treatment of common peroneal, tibial and sural nerve injuries in complex knee trauma.
abstract: There are different ways to treat peripheral nerve injuries with concomitant defects in the lower extremity. One option is a direct nerve suture followed by immobilization of the knee in flexion as it is described for gunshot wounds that lead to lesions of the sciatic nerve and its terminal branches as well as isolated nerve lesions. We used this technique to treat a case of multiple nerve injuries of the lower extremity combined with a complex knee trauma including a lesion of both bones and the posterior capsule. To our knowledge, this technique has not yet been described for such a combined injury in literature.
authors: Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland robert.doering@usz.ch.
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Döring
authors: Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors: Bernhard
authors: B
authors: Ciritsis
authors: Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Giesen
authors: Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors: Hans-Peter
authors: HP
authors: Simmen
authors: Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors: Pietro
authors: P
authors: Giovanoli