Application of Spare Parts in Combination with Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Surgery. 2021

Ian L Valerio, and Michael Larsen, and Kyle R Eberlin
From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; and the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Targeted muscle reinnervation is a contemporary technique designed to enhance an amputee's ability to operate a myoelectric prosthesis. This technique has been shown to decrease neuropathic pain, including neuroma and phantom limb pain. In certain amputations, especially forequarter and hindlimb levels, there may be no nearby recipient muscle sites, or the residual nerve may be too short to perform targeted muscle reinnervation. Applying the spare parts concept can help solve this problem by providing nerve autograft or additional muscle recipient sites within the spare parts flap for successful targeted muscle reinnervation surgery procedures. A retrospective review of all patients that underwent spare parts targeted muscle reinnervation reconstructions between 2016 and 2019 at two institutions was performed. Patients were assessed for healing, neuroma and phantom limb pain, and function. Twelve patients underwent targeted muscle reinnervation during spare parts reconstruction; eight were male and four were female. The mean patient age was 55.3 years (range, 16 to 72 years). For those with known soft-tissue deficit size, the surface area of the donor site spared by using spare parts reconstruction ranged from 216 to 856 cm2. None of the 12 patients subsequently experienced neuroma, and 75 percent had no phantom limb pain after 3 months. Three patients have obtained insurance-approved myoelectric prosthetics, and all three demonstrated intuitive control of targeted muscles. Using a spare parts reconstruction in conjunction with targeted muscle reinnervation may optimize reconstructive efforts in the setting of major limb amputations and aid in decreasing phantom limb and neuroma pain, and facilitate the possibility of functional prosthetic and/or myoelectric prosthesis use. Therapeutic, IV.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009463 Neuroma A tumor made up of nerve cells and nerve fibers. (Dorland, 27th ed) Neuromas
D010591 Phantom Limb Perception of painful and nonpainful phantom sensations that occur following the complete or partial loss of a limb. The majority of individuals with an amputated extremity will experience the impression that the limb is still present, and in many cases, painful. (From Neurol Clin 1998 Nov;16(4):919-36; Brain 1998 Sep;121(Pt 9):1603-30) Pseudomelia,Phantom Limb Pain,Phantom Pain,Phantom Sensation,Limb Pain, Phantom,Limb Pains, Phantom,Limb, Phantom,Limbs, Phantom,Pain, Phantom,Pain, Phantom Limb,Pains, Phantom,Pains, Phantom Limb,Phantom Limb Pains,Phantom Limbs,Phantom Pains,Phantom Sensations,Pseudomelias,Sensation, Phantom,Sensations, Phantom
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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