10.1055/b-0034-78105 Reconstructive Nerve Transfer Options for Restoration of PronationKirsty Usher Boyd and Susan E. Mackinnon Following proximal median nerve injury, loss of pronation results in significant impairment. Restoration of active…
10.1055/b-0034-78097 Radial Nerve Repair/GraftTerrie Koo, Suparna Saha, Sangkook Lee, and Daniel H. Kim The radial nerve innervates the triceps, anconeus, brachioradialis, extensor carpi radialis longus (ECRL), and extensor carpi radialis…
10.1055/b-0034-78102 End-to-Side Nerve SutureUlrich Mennen End-to-side nerve suture (ETSNS) is now accepted as a practical option to restore peripheral nerve function. Many experiments were done on “lower” animals (e.g., rats,…
10.1055/b-0034-78100 Vascularized Ulnar Nerve GraftYasunori Hattori and Kazuteru Doi Breidenbach and Terzis first introduced the free vascularized ulnar nerve graft (VUNG) in 1981 based on the superior ulnar collateral artery…
10.1055/b-0034-78099 Ulnar Nerve Repair/GraftPeter Scherman and Lars B. Dahlin The ulnar nerve is a mixed motor and sensory nerve with great importance not only for fine motor skills of the…
10.1055/b-0034-78096 Digital Nerve RepairRandy R. Bindra and William D. Lanzinger The aim of a digital nerve repair is to restore functional sensibility to the digit and prevent painful neuroma formation.1…
10.1055/b-0034-78098 Median Nerve Repair/GraftWilliam C. Pederson All nerve repairs in the upper extremity are performed for the purposes of restoring motor and sensory function to the arm and hand. Hand…
10.1055/b-0034-78101 The Use of Nerve Conduits in the Upper ExtremityDavid J. Slutsky The nerve conduit provides a regenerating axon with a means for passage to the distal nerve stump while…
10.1055/b-0034-78088 Dual Innervated Cross-Finger FlapsHill Hastings II The “conventional” cross-finger flap has been used since it was described by Gurdin and Pangman in 19501 for resurfacing of traumatic loss of…
10.1055/b-0034-78093 Sensory Nerve Transfers in the HandKirsty Usher Boyd and Susan E. Mackinnon Following devastating nerve injuries to the upper extremity, patients are often left with insensate areas of the…
