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nerve graft repair
Indications:
- nerve injury
Procedure:
- parts of a sensory nerve are harvested from another part of the body to be used as graft material
- the nerve graft is used to fill the gap when the nerve ends of viable nerve cannot be brought together
- the sural nerve, superficial radial sensory, & medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve are common donor nerves for nerve grafts
Clinical significance:
- once the graft is in place, regenerating nerve fibers grow from the proximal nerve stump, through the graft, through the distal nerve segment into the target muscles
- thus, patients may recover function in muscles following graft repair of nerve injuries
Specific
nerve graft for facial nerve paralysis
General
nerve repair
References
- Overview of Nerve Graft Repair
The Center for Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Department of Neurological Surgery
Columbia University Medical Center
http://www.columbianeurosurgery.org/specialties/peripheral-nerve/problems-and-treatments/nerve-injuries/onerve-graft-repair/