Biomaterial Database

Sensory recovery after microsurgical repair of digital nerves. 1994

M F Vertruyen, and M A Burgeon, and B S Dachy, and R E Ley

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hôpital St Pierre, Brussels, Belgium.

The authors study 65 cases of repair of digital nerve lesions performed in 60 patients. They evaluate the quality of sensory recovery by clinical (Dellon and Weber Tests) and electrophysiological tests (velocity, amplitude and duration of the Compound Sensory Action Potential). The results show a complete recovery in 26%, a recovery of discrimination sensitivity in 73.8% and a recovery of protective sensation in 96.9% of the cases. Age and severity of the associated trauma are the most important factors influencing the quality of the sensory recovery.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008866	Microsurgery	The performance of surgical procedures with the aid of a microscope.
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009431	Neural Conduction	The propagation of the NERVE IMPULSE along the nerve away from the site of an excitation stimulus.	Nerve Conduction,Conduction, Nerve,Conduction, Neural,Conductions, Nerve,Conductions, Neural,Nerve Conductions,Neural Conductions
D010525	Peripheral Nerves	The nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord, including the autonomic, cranial, and spinal nerves. Peripheral nerves contain non-neuronal cells and connective tissue as well as axons. The connective tissue layers include, from the outside to the inside, the epineurium, the perineurium, and the endoneurium.	Endoneurium,Epineurium,Perineurium,Endoneuriums,Epineuriums,Nerve, Peripheral,Nerves, Peripheral,Perineuriums,Peripheral Nerve
D011184	Postoperative Period	The period following a surgical operation.	Period, Postoperative,Periods, Postoperative,Postoperative Periods
D005073	Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory	The electric response evoked in the CEREBRAL CORTEX by stimulation along AFFERENT PATHWAYS from PERIPHERAL NERVES to CEREBRUM.	Somatosensory Evoked Potentials,Evoked Potential, Somatosensory,Somatosensory Evoked Potential
D005260	Female		Females
D005383	Finger Injuries	General or unspecified injuries involving the fingers.	Injuries, Finger,Finger Injury,Injury, Finger
D005385	Fingers	Four or five slender jointed digits in humans and primates, attached to each HAND.	Finger