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…
